Where does “eendbekdier” come from?
eendbekdier (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans bek, from Dutch bek, from Middle Dutch bec, from Old French bec, from Latin beccus, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
eendbekdier (Afrikaans): platypus
Definitions
- platypus
Ancestry of “eendbekdier”, step by step
eendbekdier traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Afrikaans bek
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | bek | beak; mouth of an animal; mouth of a human |
| 2 | Dutch | bek | a bird's beak; any animal's mouth; a human mouth |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | bec | — |
| 4 | Old French | bec | beak, bill |
| 5 | Latin | beccus | beak, bill |
| 6 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 7 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 8 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 9 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Afrikaans dier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | dier | animal; beast; brute |
| 2 | Dutch | dier | animal, any member of the kingdom Animalia; her,... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | dier | animal; inflection of die: ## feminine... |
| 4 | Old Dutch | dier | animal |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | deuʀ | animal, beast |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | deuzą | animal, beast |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewsóm | living thing |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéws | breath |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰwes- | to breathe; breath; spirit, soul > creature |