Where does “krombekstrandloper” come from?
krombekstrandloper (Dutch) comes from Dutch bek, from Middle Dutch bec, from Old French bec, from Latin beccus, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
krombekstrandloper (Dutch): curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Definitions
- curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Ancestry of “krombekstrandloper”, step by step
krombekstrandloper traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch bek
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | bek | a bird's beak; any animal's mouth; a human mouth |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | bec | — |
| 3 | Old French | bec | beak, bill |
| 4 | Latin | beccus | beak, bill |
| 5 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 6 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 7 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Dutch krom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | krom | bent, not straight; off, weird |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | crom | bent, not straight; wrong |
| 3 | Old Dutch | krumb | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *krump | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | krumbaz | Alternative form of *krumpaz |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | krumpaz | bent, crooked, curved |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gerb- | to turn, wind; to shrink, shrivel |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via Dutch strandloper
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | strandloper | a sandpiper, used of certain waders of the family Scolopacidae, especially of the genus Calidris |
| 2 | Dutch | strand | beach, strand |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | strant | — |