Where does “afrikansk jaçana” come from?

afrikansk jaçana (Swedish) comes from Swedish afrikansk, from Swedish afrikan, from Swedish -an, from Old Norse -an, from Proto-Germanic -ōniz, from Proto-Germanic -niz, from Proto-Indo-European -nis.

afrikansk jaçana (Swedish): African jacana, (Actophilornis africanus)

Definitions

  1. African jacana, (Actophilornis africanus)

Ancestry of “afrikansk jaçana”, step by step

afrikansk jaçana traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish afrikansk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishafrikanskAfrican
2SwedishafrikanAfrican
3Swedish-anmaking a noun from a verb, similar to -ing and...
4Old Norse-anUsed to derive nouns from class 2 weak verbs;...
5Proto-Germanic-ōnizForms abstract nouns from weak class 2 verbs
6Proto-Germanic-nizForms abstract nouns from verbal roots and stems
7Proto-Indo-European-nis

via Swedish jaçana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishjaçana
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nisEvery word from Swedish -anEvery word from Old Norse -an