Where does “seepravälskäri” come from?
seepravälskäri (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.
seepravälskäri (Finnish): Red Sea sailfin tang, Desjardin's sailfin tang,...
Definitions
- Red Sea sailfin tang, Desjardin's sailfin tang,...
Ancestry of “seepravälskäri”, step by step
seepravälskäri 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 välskäri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | välskäri | barber surgeon, army surgeon; tang, surgeonfish,... |
| 2 | Swedish | fältskär | field surgery |
| 3 | German | feldscher | barber surgeon, field surgeon |
| 4 | German | feldscherer | — |