Where does “incalelie” come from?

incalelie (Dutch) comes from Dutch lelie, from Middle Dutch lilie, from Old Dutch līlia.

incalelie (Dutch): any species of alstroemeria, plant of the genus Alstroemeria, especially Alstroemeria aurantiaca

Definitions

  1. any species of alstroemeria, plant of the genus Alstroemeria, especially Alstroemeria aurantiaca

Ancestry of “incalelie”, step by step

incalelie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch lelie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchlelieA lily; A fleur-de-lis, although botanically an...
2Middle Dutchlilie—
3Old Dutchlīlia—

via Dutch Inca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchIncaInca member of a Quechuan people
2SpanishincaInca
3Classical Quechuainkaemperor of the Inca Empire
Every word from Old Dutch līlia →Every word from Middle Dutch lilie →Every word from Dutch lelie →