Where does “puhveliheinä” come from?
puhveliheinä (Finnish) comes from Finnish puhveli, from Swedish buffel, from Italian bufalo, from Vulgar Latin bufalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος, from Ancient Greek βοῦς, from Latin corvus — army.
puhveliheinä (Finnish): buffalograss
Definitions
- buffalograss
Ancestry of “puhveliheinä”, step by step
puhveliheinä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish puhveli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puhveli | buffalo |
| 2 | Swedish | buffel | buffalo, especially water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) or Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) |
| 3 | Italian | bufalo | buffalo |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | bufalus | — |
| 5 | Latin | būbalus | antelope, gazelle |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βούβαλος | A species of antelope, possibly the bubal... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βοῦς | cow, ox, cattle; shield: ὃτι ἐκ βοείων ἐστι... |
| 8 | Latin | corvus | A raven; a bird associated with prophecy and... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Finnish heinä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | heinä | hay; grass; any similar plant, such as sedge |
| 2 | Finnish | kangas | cloth, fabric or textile; material; A soil type:... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kangas | cloth, fabric |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | gangaz | pace, step, gait; walk; way, course |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰongʰ-o-s | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰengʰ- | to walk; to step |