Where does “renkoekoek” come from?
renkoekoek (Dutch) comes from Dutch rennen, from Middle Dutch rinnen, from Old Dutch rinnan, from Proto-Germanic *rinnan.
renkoekoek (Dutch): roadrunner, bird of the genus "Geococcyx"
Definitions
- roadrunner, bird of the genus "Geococcyx"
Ancestry of “renkoekoek”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | rennen | to run, to move fast; to run, flow, stream; to... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | rinnen | to flow, to stream, to run; to run, to move... |
| 3 | Old Dutch | rinnan | to run |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *rinnan | — |