Where does “preerianaurulokki” come from?
preerianaurulokki (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.
preerianaurulokki (Finnish): Franklin's gull
Definitions
- Franklin's gull
Ancestry of “preerianaurulokki”, step by step
preerianaurulokki 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 |
via Finnish naurulokki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | naurulokki | black-headed gull |
| 2 | Finnish | nauru | Laughter, laugh; The Nauru language |
| 3 | English | Nauru | Nauruan, the language of Nauru |
| 4 | German | Nauru | — |
| 5 | Nauruan | Naoero | — |