Where does “ruma ankanpoikanen” come from?
ruma ankanpoikanen (Finnish) comes from Finnish ankanpoikanen, from Finnish ankka, from Finnish äänenvaimennin, from Finnish ääni, from Greenlandic Aani, from Danish ane, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna — on, onto.
ruma ankanpoikanen (Finnish): ugly duckling
Ancestry of “ruma ankanpoikanen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | ankanpoikanen | duckling |
| 2 | Finnish | ankka | domestic duck, "Anas platyrhynchos domestica";... |
| 3 | Finnish | äänenvaimennin | muffler; silencer |
| 4 | Finnish | ääni | sound; audio; voice |
| 5 | Greenlandic | Aani | — |
| 6 | Danish | ane | forefather; guess; suspect |
| 7 | Middle High German | āne | without |
| 8 | Old High German | āna | without |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |