Where does “silmälasikarhu” come from?
silmälasikarhu (Finnish) comes from Finnish silmälasit, from Finnish lasi, from Swedish glas, from Old Swedish glas, from Middle Low German glas, from Old Saxon glas, from Proto-West Germanic glas, from Proto-Germanic glasą — to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;...
silmälasikarhu (Finnish): spectacled bear
Definitions
- spectacled bear
Ancestry of “silmälasikarhu”, step by step
silmälasikarhu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish silmälasit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | silmälasit | spectacles, glasses, eyeglasses, specs |
| 2 | Finnish | lasi | glass; bells; ice |
| 3 | Swedish | glas | glass |
| 4 | Old Swedish | glas | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | glas | glass |
| 6 | Old Saxon | glas | glass |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | glas | glass |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | glasą | glass |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰel- | to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;... |