Where does “incakaketoe” come from?
incakaketoe (Dutch) comes from Dutch kaketoe, from Malay kakaktua, from Malay tua, from Classical Malay tua, from Malay tuha, from Proto-Malayic tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan tuha — old.
incakaketoe (Dutch): the Major Mitchell's cockatoo, Lophochroa leadbeateri
Definitions
- the Major Mitchell's cockatoo, Lophochroa leadbeateri
Ancestry of “incakaketoe”, step by step
incakaketoe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch kaketoe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kaketoe | cockatoo, parrot of the family Cacatuidae |
| 2 | Malay | kakaktua | cockatoo; pincers |
| 3 | Malay | tua | old; ripe |
| 4 | Classical Malay | tua | old; ripe |
| 5 | Malay | tuha | Obsolete form of tua |
| 6 | Proto-Malayic | tuha | — |
| 7 | Proto-Malayo-Chamic | tuha | — |
| 8 | Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan | tuha | — |
| 9 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | (ma-)tuqah | old |
| 10 | Proto-Austronesian | (ma-)tuqaS | old |