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
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