Where does “sotilasmesikko” come from?
sotilasmesikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish sotilas, from Finnish -las, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
sotilasmesikko (Finnish): noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala Australian bird)
Definitions
- noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala Australian bird)
Ancestry of “sotilasmesikko”, step by step
sotilasmesikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sotilas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sotilas | soldier; pawn; jack, knave |
| 2 | Finnish | -las | Forms nouns used to describe people; Forms... |
| 3 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 4 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via Finnish mesikko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mesikko | honeyeater, meliphagid bird of the family Meliphagidae |
| 2 | Finnish | -ikko | Forms nouns for groups of a particular number,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ikko | Forms nouns indicating a group of things |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -i- | Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive) |