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
- cockatoo
Ancestry of “কাকাতুয়া”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | cacatua | cockatoo |
| 2 | Malay | kakatuwa | — |
| 3 | Spanish | cacatúa | cockatoo |
| 4 | Malay | kakaktua | cockatoo; pincers |
| 5 | Malay | tua | old; ripe |
| 6 | Classical Malay | tua | old; ripe |
| 7 | Malay | tuha | Obsolete form of tua |
| 8 | Proto-Malayic | tuha | — |
| 9 | Proto-Malayo-Chamic | tuha | — |
| 10 | Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan | tuha | — |
| 11 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | (ma-)tuqah | old |
| 12 | Proto-Austronesian | (ma-)tuqaS | old |