Where does “seepramanikki” come from?
seepramanikki (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.
seepramanikki (Finnish): black-and-white mannikin, black-and-white munia, Lonchura bicolor
Definitions
- black-and-white mannikin, black-and-white munia, Lonchura bicolor
Ancestry of “seepramanikki”, step by step
seepramanikki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish seepra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | seepra | zebra |
| 2 | Swedish | zebra | zebra |
| 3 | Italian | zebra | zebra; zebra crossing |
| 4 | Portuguese | zebra | zebra |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | enzebro | — |
| 6 | Old Portuguese | cebrario | — |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | eciferus | fool, wild ass, donkey; wild horse |
| 8 | Latin | equiferus | wild horse |
| 9 | Latin | equus | a horse; a steed, charger |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | ekwos | horse |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éḱwos | stallion, horse |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁oh₁ḱu- | swift |
via Finnish manikki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | manikki | mannikin, munia bird of the genus |
| 2 | English | mannikin | Alternative form of manikin; Any of several... |
| 3 | Dutch | manneken | |
| 4 | Low German | Mann | man (adult) male human |
| 5 | Middle Low German | man | but, only |
| 6 | Old Saxon | mann | human, person |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | mann | person, human |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *mann- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |