Where does “vesipuhveli” come from?
vesipuhveli (Finnish) comes from Finnish puhveli, from Swedish buffel, from Italian bufalo, from Vulgar Latin bufalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος, from Ancient Greek βοῦς, from Latin corvus — army.
vesipuhveli (Finnish): A water buffalo
Definitions
- A water buffalo
Ancestry of “vesipuhveli”, step by step
vesipuhveli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish puhveli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puhveli | buffalo |
| 2 | Swedish | buffel | buffalo, especially water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) or Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) |
| 3 | Italian | bufalo | buffalo |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | bufalus | — |
| 5 | Latin | būbalus | antelope, gazelle |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βούβαλος | A species of antelope, possibly the bubal... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βοῦς | cow, ox, cattle; shield: ὃτι ἐκ βοείων ἐστι... |
| 8 | Latin | corvus | A raven; a bird associated with prophecy and... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |