Where does “viittoilijarapu” come from?
viittoilijarapu (Finnish) comes from Finnish viittoilija, from Finnish viittoilla, from Finnish viittoa, from Finnish viitta, from Russian свита, from German Suite, from German -ier, from French -ier.
viittoilijarapu (Finnish): any crab in the family Ocypodidae
Definitions
- any crab in the family Ocypodidae
Ancestry of “viittoilijarapu”, step by step
viittoilijarapu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish viittoilija
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | viittoilija | waver, gesturer someone who waves or gestures |
| 2 | Finnish | viittoilla | — |
| 3 | Finnish | viittoa | to wave, hail; to sign |
| 4 | Finnish | viitta | sign; cape, cloak |
| 5 | Russian | свита | suite, escort, retinue, entourage; suite |
| 6 | German | Suite | suite hotel apartment consisting of several rooms |
| 7 | German | -ier | A noun-forming suffix, used especially to render... |
| 8 | French | -ier | used to form the names of trees bearing a... |
| 9 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 10 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
via Finnish rapu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rapu | European crayfish, noble crayfish, broad-fingered... |
| 2 | Swedish | krabba | a crab |
| 3 | Old Swedish | krabba | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | krabbi | — |
| 5 | Old English | crabba | crab; crayfish |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | krabbō | crab |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | krabbô | crab |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | krabbōną | to scratch, scrape |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |