Where does “Alaskastrandloper” come from?

Alaskastrandloper (Dutch) comes from Dutch strandloper, from Dutch strand, from Middle Dutch strant.

Alaskastrandloper (Dutch): western sandpiper (Calidris mauri)

Definitions

  1. western sandpiper (Calidris mauri)

Ancestry of “Alaskastrandloper”, step by step

Alaskastrandloper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch strandloper

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchstrandlopera sandpiper, used of certain waders of the family Scolopacidae, especially of the genus Calidris
2Dutchstrandbeach, strand
3Middle Dutchstrant—

via Dutch Alaska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchAlaska—
Every word from Middle Dutch strant →Every word from Dutch strand →Every word from Dutch strandloper →