Where does “cobralelie” come from?
cobralelie (Dutch) comes from Dutch cobra, from Portuguese cobra, from Old Portuguese coobra, from Vulgar Latin colobra, from Latin colubra, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
cobralelie (Dutch): cobra lily, Darlingtonia californica; Arisaema...
Definitions
- cobra lily, Darlingtonia californica; Arisaema...
Ancestry of “cobralelie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | cobra | cobra, venomous snake from certain genera of the... |
| 2 | Portuguese | cobra | snake |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | coobra | snake |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | colobra | — |
| 5 | Latin | colubra | a female snake, serpent; snake, serpent |
| 6 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |