Where does “raafkaketoe” come from?
raafkaketoe (Dutch) comes from Dutch kaketoe, from Malay kakaktua, from Malay tua, from Classical Malay tua, from Malay tuha, from Proto-Malayic tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan tuha — old.
raafkaketoe (Dutch): a black cockatoo; any cockatoo of the genera Calyptorhynchus or Zanda
Definitions
- a black cockatoo; any cockatoo of the genera Calyptorhynchus or Zanda
Ancestry of “raafkaketoe”, step by step
raafkaketoe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch kaketoe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kaketoe | cockatoo, parrot of the family Cacatuidae |
| 2 | Malay | kakaktua | cockatoo; pincers |
| 3 | Malay | tua | old; ripe |
| 4 | Classical Malay | tua | old; ripe |
| 5 | Malay | tuha | Obsolete form of tua |
| 6 | Proto-Malayic | tuha | — |
| 7 | Proto-Malayo-Chamic | tuha | — |
| 8 | Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan | tuha | — |
| 9 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | (ma-)tuqah | old |
| 10 | Proto-Austronesian | (ma-)tuqaS | old |
via Dutch Raaf
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Raaf | Corvus |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | rāve | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | ravan | raven |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hrabn | raven |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hrabnaz | raven |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |