Where does “uudenseelannintylli” come from?
uudenseelannintylli (Finnish) comes from Finnish Uusi-Seelanti, from Dutch Nieuw-Zeeland, from Dutch nieuw, from Middle Dutch niewe, from Old Dutch niuwi, from Proto-West Germanic niwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European néwyos — new; to nod, assent to.
uudenseelannintylli (Finnish): double-banded plover, banded dotterel, pohowera NZ; Charadrius bicinctus species of plover native to New Zealand, Chatham Island and Auckland Islands
Definitions
- double-banded plover, banded dotterel, pohowera NZ; Charadrius bicinctus species of plover native to New Zealand, Chatham Island and Auckland Islands
Ancestry of “uudenseelannintylli”, step by step
uudenseelannintylli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Uusi-Seelanti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Uusi-Seelanti | — |
| 2 | Dutch | Nieuw-Zeeland | new Zeeland |
| 3 | Dutch | nieuw | new |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | niewe | new |
| 5 | Old Dutch | niuwi | new |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | niwi | new |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *niwjaz | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | néwyos | Alternative form of *néwos; new |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | néwos | new |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | new- | new; to nod, assent to |
via Finnish tylli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tylli | bird of the genus "Charadrius", especially its... |
| 2 | French | Tulle | tulle |
| 3 | Latin | tūtēla | tutelage, guardianship |
| 4 | Latin | tueor | I look or gaze at, behold, watch, view; I care... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | toweōr | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tewH- | to observe; to look favourably upon; to swell; to... |