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
kaketielje traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese cacatua
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | cacatua | cockatoo |
| 2 | Malay | kakatuwa | — |
| 3 | Spanish | cacatúa | cockatoo |
| 4 | Malay | kakaktua | cockatoo; pincers |
| 5 | Malay | tua | old; ripe |
| 6 | Classical Malay | tua | old; ripe |
| 7 | Malay | tuha | Obsolete form of tua |
| 8 | Proto-Malayic | tuha | — |
| 9 | Proto-Malayo-Chamic | tuha | — |
| 10 | Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan | tuha | — |
| 11 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | (ma-)tuqah | old |
| 12 | Proto-Austronesian | (ma-)tuqaS | old |
via Dutch kaketoe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kaketoe | cockatoo, parrot of the family Cacatuidae |