Where does “sinisenkirjava” come from?
sinisenkirjava (Finnish) comes from Finnish sininen, from Proto-Finnic sininen, from Proto-Finnic sini, from Proto-Finno-Permic sine.
sinisenkirjava (Finnish): marbled with blue
Ancestry of “sinisenkirjava”, step by step
sinisenkirjava traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sininen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sininen | blue; The color blue |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | sininen | blue |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | sini | blue |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | sine | — |
via Finnish kirjava
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kirjava | colorful, colored, mottled, iridescent,... |
| 2 | Finnish | -va | Forms the present active participle of a verb,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -pa | -ing; forms the present participle, which is... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -pa | — |