Where does “verkkopyton” come from?
verkkopyton (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyton, from Latin Pythōn, from Ancient Greek Πύθων, from Ancient Greek -ών, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön- — sound, voice.
verkkopyton (Finnish): reticulated python, Malayapython reticulatus species of python found in Southeast Asia, world's longest snake
Definitions
- reticulated python, Malayapython reticulatus species of python found in Southeast Asia, world's longest snake
Ancestry of “verkkopyton”, step by step
verkkopyton traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pyton
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pyton | python snake |
| 2 | Latin | Pythōn | soothsayer |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Πύθων | serpentine monster from Greek mythology |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ών | forms words for places |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 6 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 7 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 8 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 9 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 10 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 11 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |