Where does “giraffe” come from?
giraffe (Dutch) comes from German Giraffe, from Middle High German geraff, from Italian giraffa, from Arabic زَرَافَة, from Classical Syriac ܙܵܪܝܼܦܵܐ, from Persian زُرنَاپَا, from Persian پَا — leg.
Ancestry of “giraffe”, step by step