Where does “polyyppikala” come from?
polyyppikala (Finnish) comes from Finnish polyyppi, from Latin polypūs, from Ancient Greek πολύπους, from Ancient Greek πολῠ-, from Ancient Greek πολύς, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω, from Proto-Hellenic *péryō.
polyyppikala (Finnish): man-of-war fish, bluebottle fish, Nomeus gronovii species of fish that lives among the tentacles of the Portuguese man-of-war
Definitions
- man-of-war fish, bluebottle fish, Nomeus gronovii species of fish that lives among the tentacles of the Portuguese man-of-war
Ancestry of “polyyppikala”, step by step
polyyppikala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish polyyppi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | polyyppi | A polyp |
| 2 | Latin | polypūs | octopus |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πολύπους | many-footed |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πολῠ- | many; much, a lot |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πολύς | many, a lot of; neuter πολύ or πολλά as... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | *péryō | — |