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
- white-breasted guineafowl, Agelastes meleagrides
Ancestry of “kalkoenparelhoen”, step by step
kalkoenparelhoen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch parelhoen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | parelhoen | A guinea fowl, any fowl of the family Numididae |
| 2 | Dutch | parel | A pearl, a precious, round shelly concretion from... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | perle | — |
| 4 | French | perle | pearl; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 5 | Italian | perla | pearl; pill; mistake |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | perla | — |
| 7 | Latin | perna | A haunch or ham together with the leg, gammon; A... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | persnā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tpḗrsneh₂ | heel, upper thigh |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sperH- | to kick |
via Dutch kalkoen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kalkoen | turkey, "Meleagris gallopavo" |
| 2 | Dutch | Calcoen | — |
| 3 | English | Calicut | — |
| 4 | Romanian | -uț | Forms masculine diminutives of nouns and... |
| 5 | Latin | -utus | — |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |