Where does “silkkihaikara” come from?
silkkihaikara (Finnish) comes from Finnish silkki, from Old Swedish silke, from Old Norse silki, from Latin sēricum, from English serigraph, from Latin sericum, from Latin sericus, from Latin -icus — -y, -ic.
silkkihaikara (Finnish): little egret, "Egretta garzetta"
Definitions
- little egret, "Egretta garzetta"
Ancestry of “silkkihaikara”, step by step
silkkihaikara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish silkki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | silkki | silk |
| 2 | Old Swedish | silke | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | silki | silk |
| 4 | Latin | sēricum | Chinese goods, but especially silk |
| 5 | English | serigraph | a silkscreen print made by serigraphy; an... |
| 6 | Latin | sericum | Chinese goods, but especially silk |
| 7 | Latin | sericus | Of or pertaining to the Seres or the Chinese;... |
| 8 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |