Where does “vasarapäähekko” come from?
vasarapäähekko (Finnish) comes from Finnish vasara, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
vasarapäähekko (Finnish): hammer-headed bat, hammer-headed fruit bat, big-lipped bat, hammerhead bat, Hypsignathus monstrosus megabat found in Central and West Africa
Definitions
- hammer-headed bat, hammer-headed fruit bat, big-lipped bat, hammerhead bat, Hypsignathus monstrosus megabat found in Central and West Africa
Ancestry of “vasarapäähekko”, step by step
vasarapäähekko traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vasara
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vasara | hammer; malleus, hammer |
| 2 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish hekko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hekko | fruit bat bat of the family Pteropodidae |
| 2 | Finnish | hedelmälepakko | fruit bat |
| 3 | Finnish | hedelmä | fruit |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | heidelmä | — |