Where does “preeriakahlaaja” come from?
preeriakahlaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish preeria, from French prairie, from Old French praerie, from Portuguese prataria, from Portuguese prata, from Old Portuguese prata, from Vulgar Latin platta, from Latin plattus — flat.
preeriakahlaaja (Finnish): upland sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda
Definitions
- upland sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda
Ancestry of “preeriakahlaaja”, step by step
preeriakahlaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish preeria
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | preeria | prairie |
| 2 | French | prairie | meadow, grassland, pasture, prairie |
| 3 | Old French | praerie | meadow |
| 4 | Portuguese | prataria | silverware; cutlery; plates, dishes collectively |
| 5 | Portuguese | prata | silver; one hundred cents of current currency... |
| 6 | Old Portuguese | prata | silver |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | platta | metal plate |
| 8 | Latin | plattus | flattened |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |