Where does “cederpestvogel” come from?

cederpestvogel (Dutch) comes from Dutch pestvogel, 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.

cederpestvogel (Dutch): cedar waxwing

Definitions

  1. cedar waxwing

Ancestry of “cederpestvogel”, step by step

cederpestvogel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch pestvogel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchpestvogelBohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
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 Dutch ceder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchcedercedar, tree of the genus "Cedrus"; Spanish cedar,...
2Middle Dutchceder
3Old Dutchceder
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk-Every word from Proto-Germanic fleuganą
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