Where does “plevier” come from?

plevier (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch pluvier, from Old French plovier, from Latin pluviārius, from Latin pluvia, from Latin pluvius, from Latin pluit, from Proto-Italic plowō, from Proto-Indo-European pléweti.

plevier (Dutch): plover, certain waders of the family Charadriidae

Definitions

plover, certain waders of the family Charadriidae

Ancestry of “plevier”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle Dutch	pluvier	—
2	Old French	plovier	plover
3	Latin	pluviārius	—
4	Latin	pluvia	rain; a shower; feminine nominative singular of...
5	Latin	pluvius	rainy, bringing rain; The inner court of a...
6	Latin	pluit	It rains; it is raining
7	Proto-Italic	plowō	—
8	Proto-Indo-European	pléweti	—

Words derived from “plevier”

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Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléweti →