Where does “oranje-uil” come from?

oranje-uil (Dutch) comes from Dutch Oranje, from Middle Dutch arance, from Old French Orenge, from Latin Aurasica, from Latin Aurasiō.

Ancestry of “oranje-uil”, step by step

oranje-uil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch Oranje

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchOranjea member of the Dutch royal family
2Middle Dutcharance—
3Old FrenchOrengeorange
4LatinAurasica—
5LatinAurasiō—

via Dutch uil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchuilowl, bird of the order Strigiformes; noctuoid,...
2Middle Dutchule—
3Old Dutchūwila—
4Proto-West Germanic*uwwulāowl
Every word from Latin Aurasiō →Every word from Latin Aurasica →Every word from Old French Orenge →