Where does “কাকাতুয়া” come from?

কাকাতুয়া (Bengali) comes from Portuguese cacatua, from Malay kakatuwa, from Spanish cacatúa, from Malay kakaktua, from Malay tua, from Classical Malay tua, from Malay tuha, from Proto-Malayic tuha — old.

কাকাতুয়া (Bengali): cockatoo

Definitions

  1. cockatoo

Ancestry of “কাকাতুয়া”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecacatuacockatoo
2Malaykakatuwa
3Spanishcacatúacockatoo
4Malaykakaktuacockatoo; pincers
5Malaytuaold; ripe
6Classical Malaytuaold; ripe
7MalaytuhaObsolete form of tua
8Proto-Malayictuha
9Proto-Malayo-Chamictuha
10Proto-Malayo-Sumbawantuha
11Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)tuqahold
12Proto-Austronesian(ma-)tuqaSold
Every word from Proto-Austronesian (ma-)tuqaSEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)tuqahEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan tuha