Where does “purppuranuppiseitikki” come from?
purppuranuppiseitikki (Finnish) comes from Finnish nuppiseitikki, from Finnish seitikki, from Finnish seitti, from Finnish -tti, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
purppuranuppiseitikki (Finnish): A webcap, Cortinarius purpurascens
Definitions
- A webcap, Cortinarius purpurascens
Ancestry of “purppuranuppiseitikki”, step by step
purppuranuppiseitikki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish nuppiseitikki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nuppiseitikki | several species of webcap with a cap that... |
| 2 | Finnish | seitikki | webcap, cortinar |
| 3 | Finnish | seitti | A web spun by an insect, especially a spiderweb;... |
| 4 | Finnish | -tti | Forms some nouns from verbs, particularly... |
| 5 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish purppura
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | purppura | purple; color purple |
| 2 | Swedish | purpur | purple color/colour |
| 3 | Latin | purpura | the purple-fish, a species of shellfish or... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πορφύρα | purple-fish; a purple dye obtained from it;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πορφύρω | to surge up; to redden |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrewh₁- | to boil; to brew |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰer- | to bear, carry |