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Where does “kaketielje” come from?

kaketielje (Dutch) comes from Portuguese cacatua, from Malay kakatuwa, from Spanish cacatúa, from Malay kakaktua, from Malay tua, from Classical Malay tua, from Malay tuha, from Proto-Malayic tuha — old.

Ancestry of “kaketielje”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecacatuacockatoo
2Malaykakatuwa—
3Spanishcacatúacockatoo
4Malaykakaktuacockatoo; pincers
5Malaytuaold; ripe
6Classical Malaytuaold; ripe
7MalaytuhaObsolete form of tua
8Proto-Malayictuha—
9Proto-Malayo-Chamictuha—
10Proto-Malayo-Sumbawantuha—
11Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)tuqahold
12Proto-Austronesian(ma-)tuqaSold

Words derived from “kaketielje”

  • tiel
  • cockatiel
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