Where does “voikkogeeni” come from?
voikkogeeni (Finnish) comes from Finnish geeni, from German gēn, from Middle High German gēn, from Old High German gēn, from Proto-West Germanic gān, from Proto-Germanic gāną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- — to walk; to step.
voikkogeeni (Finnish): cream gene gene responsible for several pale colourations of horses
Definitions
- cream gene gene responsible for several pale colourations of horses
Ancestry of “voikkogeeni”, step by step
voikkogeeni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish geeni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | geeni | gene |
| 2 | German | gēn | — |
| 3 | Middle High German | gēn | — |
| 4 | Old High German | gēn | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | gān | to go |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gāną | to go, walk |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰengʰ- | to walk; to step |
via Finnish voikko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | voikko | palomino horse colouring: golden coat and white mane |
| 2 | Finnish | -ikko | Forms nouns for groups of a particular number,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ikko | Forms nouns indicating a group of things |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -i- | Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive) |