Where does “kalkoenparelhoen” come from?

kalkoenparelhoen (Dutch) comes from Dutch parelhoen, from Dutch parel, from Middle Dutch perle, from French perle, from Italian perla, from Medieval Latin perla, from Latin perna, from Proto-Italic persnā — to kick.

kalkoenparelhoen (Dutch): white-breasted guineafowl, Agelastes meleagrides

Definitions

  1. white-breasted guineafowl, Agelastes meleagrides

Ancestry of “kalkoenparelhoen”, step by step

kalkoenparelhoen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch parelhoen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchparelhoenA guinea fowl, any fowl of the family Numididae
2DutchparelA pearl, a precious, round shelly concretion from...
3Middle Dutchperle
4Frenchperlepearl; first-person singular present indicative...
5Italianperlapearl; pill; mistake
6Medieval Latinperla
7LatinpernaA haunch or ham together with the leg, gammon; A...
8Proto-Italicpersnā
9Proto-Indo-Europeantpḗrsneh₂heel, upper thigh
10Proto-Indo-EuropeansperH-to kick

via Dutch kalkoen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkalkoenturkey, "Meleagris gallopavo"
2DutchCalcoen
3EnglishCalicut
4Romanian-uțForms masculine diminutives of nouns and...
5Latin-utus
6Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
7Proto-Italic-tus
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sperH-
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