Where does “renostervoël” come from?

renostervoël (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans voël, from Dutch vogel, from Middle Dutch vōgel, from Old Dutch fogal, from Proto-West Germanic fugl, from Proto-Germanic fuglaz, from Proto-Germanic fluglaz, from Proto-Germanic fleuganą — to fly, flow, run.

renostervoël (Afrikaans): oxpecker bird of the genus

Definitions

  1. oxpecker bird of the genus

Ancestry of “renostervoël”, step by step

renostervoël traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans voël

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaansvoëlA bird; A penis
2Dutchvogelbird, any member of the class Aves; gaai, a...
3Middle Dutchvōgelbird
4Old Dutchfogalbird
5Proto-West Germanicfuglbird
6Proto-Germanicfuglazbird
7Proto-Germanicfluglaz
8Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
9Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
10Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via Afrikaans renoster

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaansrenosterrhino; rhinoceros
2Dutchrenosterrhinoceros
3LatinrhīnocerōsA rhinoceros
4Ancient Greekῥινόκερωςrhinoceros
5Ancient Greekκέραςhorn; horn as a material, or anything made of...
6Proto-Hellenic*kérats
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk-Every word from Proto-Germanic fleuganą