Where does “rubiinihippiäinen” come from?
rubiinihippiäinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish rubiini, from Latin rubīnus, from Latin rubeus, from Latin ruber, from Proto-Italic ruðros, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rudʰrós, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.
rubiinihippiäinen (Finnish): ruby-crowned kinglet (Corthylio calendula, syn. Regulus calendula)
Definitions
- ruby-crowned kinglet (Corthylio calendula, syn. Regulus calendula)
Ancestry of “rubiinihippiäinen”, step by step
rubiinihippiäinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish rubiini
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rubiini | ruby |
| 2 | Latin | rubīnus | carbuncle, ruby |
| 3 | Latin | rubeus | red, reddish; of or pertaining to the bramble... |
| 4 | Latin | ruber | red approximately like red ochre (which had a traditional status among the Romans); red that was both common and dignified, somewhat associated with pigment |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | ruðros | red |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rudʰrós | red |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rewdʰ- | red |
via Finnish hippiäinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hippiäinen | goldcrest, Regulus regulus |
| 2 | Finnish | -iäinen | Front vowel variant of -iainen |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |