Where does “fluiteend” come from?
fluiteend (Dutch) comes from Dutch fluiten, from Dutch Zwaan, from Middle Dutch swane, from Old Dutch swano, from Proto-Germanic swanô.
fluiteend (Dutch): whistling duck any bird of the genus
Definitions
- whistling duck any bird of the genus
Ancestry of “fluiteend”, step by step
fluiteend traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch fluiten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | fluiten | to whistle; To make any similar sound, as a... |
| 2 | Dutch | Zwaan | Cygnus |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | swane | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | swano | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | swanô | — |
via Dutch eend
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | eend | duck, waterfowl of the family Anatidae excluding... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | ent | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | ened | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | anadz | duck |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énh₂ts | duck |
Words derived from “fluiteend”