Where does “sopraanoukulele” come from?
sopraanoukulele (Finnish) comes from Finnish ukulele, from English ukelele, from Hawaiian ʻukulele, from Hawaiian ʻuku, from Proto-Polynesian kutu, from Proto-Oceanic kutu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian kutu, from Austronesian *kutu — louse insect.
sopraanoukulele (Finnish): soprano ukulele
Definitions
- soprano ukulele
Ancestry of “sopraanoukulele”, step by step
sopraanoukulele traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ukulele
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ukulele | ukulele |
| 2 | English | ukelele | Alternative form of ukulele |
| 3 | Hawaiian | ʻukulele | A small four-stringed guitar, an ukulele |
| 4 | Hawaiian | ʻuku | louse, flea |
| 5 | Proto-Polynesian | kutu | louse |
| 6 | Proto-Oceanic | kutu | louse generic |
| 7 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | kutu | — |
| 8 | Austronesian | *kutu | — |
| 9 | Proto-Austronesian | *kuCux | louse insect |
via Finnish sopraano
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sopraano | soprano |
| 2 | Italian | soprano | a singer, commonly a woman, with a register... |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | superanus | — |
| 4 | Latin | super | "accusative" above, on the top of, upon;... |
| 5 | Latin | eks-uper | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upéri | alternative reconstruction of *upér |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |