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Where does “seeprakirjoahven” come from?

seeprakirjoahven (Finnish) comes from Finnish seepra, from Swedish zebra, from Italian zebra, from Portuguese zebra, from Old Portuguese enzebro, from Old Portuguese cebrario, from Vulgar Latin eciferus, from Latin equiferus — swift.

seeprakirjoahven (Finnish): convict cichlid, zebra cichlid, Amatitlania...

Definitions

  1. convict cichlid, zebra cichlid, Amatitlania...

Ancestry of “seeprakirjoahven”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseeprazebra
2Swedishzebrazebra
3Italianzebrazebra; zebra crossing
4Portuguesezebrazebra
5Old Portugueseenzebro—
6Old Portuguesecebrario—
7Vulgar Latineciferusfool, wild ass, donkey; wild horse
8Latinequiferuswild horse
9Latinequusa horse; a steed, charger
10Proto-Italicekwoshorse
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éḱwosstallion, horse
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁oh₁ḱu-swift
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁oh₁ḱu- →