Where does “sittapöröläin” come from?

sittapöröläin (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian pöröläin, from Ingrian -lain, from Ingrian töö, from Ingrian väki, from Icelandic vaki, from Arabic وَاقِع, from Arabic النَّسْر الوَاقِع — falling eagle.

sittapöröläin (Ingrian): dung beetle

Definitions

  1. dung beetle

Ancestry of “sittapöröläin”, step by step

sittapöröläin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian pöröläin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianpöröläinbeetle
2Ingrian-lainkind of
3Ingriantööye, you; work
4Ingrianväkipeople
5Icelandicvakihormone
6Arabicوَاقِعhappening, occurring; falling
7Arabicالنَّسْر الوَاقِعfalling eagle

via Ingrian sitta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriansittafeces, excrement
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*sitta—
3Proto-Uralicsittashit
Every word from Arabic النَّسْر الوَاقِع →Every word from Arabic وَاقِع →Every word from Icelandic vaki →