Where does “Heliopais” come from?

Heliopais (Translingual) comes from Translingual Heliornis, from Ancient Greek Ἥλιος, from Ancient Greek τύπος, from Ancient Greek τύπτω, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewp-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- — to push, to hit.

Heliopais (Translingual): genus, Asian finfoot (Heliopais personatus), found from eastern India to Indonesia}}

Definitions

  1. genus, Asian finfoot (Heliopais personatus), found from eastern India to Indonesia}}

Ancestry of “Heliopais”, step by step

Heliopais traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Translingual Heliornis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualHeliornisgenus (Heliornis fulica)}}
2Ancient GreekἭλιοςsun
3Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
4Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
5Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
6Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit

via Ancient Greek παῖς

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπαῖςchild, son, daughter; young person, child, boy,...
2Proto-Hellenicpā́witschild
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpéh₂wids
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂w-few, little; smallness
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