Where does “knobbelmeerkoet” come from?

knobbelmeerkoet (Dutch) comes from Dutch meerkoet, from Dutch meer, from Middle Dutch mêer, from Old Dutch meri, from Proto-West Germanic mārī, from Proto-Germanic mari, from Proto-Indo-European móri, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

knobbelmeerkoet (Dutch): red-knobbed coot

Definitions

  1. red-knobbed coot

Ancestry of “knobbelmeerkoet”, step by step

knobbelmeerkoet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch meerkoet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchmeerkoetEurasian coot
2Dutchmeerlake; sea; comparative degree of veel; more
3Middle Dutchmêerborder, boundary
4Old Dutchmeriborder, boundary
5Proto-West Germanicmārīfamous; story, tale; message
6Proto-Germanicmarisea, ocean; lake, body of water
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

via Dutch knobbel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchknobbelknob, knot, lump; an aptitude for something
2Middle Dutchknobbe—
3Proto-Germanicknappôknob, lump; button
4Proto-Indo-Europeangnebʰ-to press, tighten
5Proto-Indo-Europeangen-to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up, concentrate; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European móri →Every word from Proto-Germanic mari →