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

  1. roadrunner, bird of the genus "Geococcyx"

Ancestry of “renkoekoek”, step by step

renkoekoek traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch rennen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchrennento run, to move fast; to run, flow, stream; to...
2Middle Dutchrinnento flow, to stream, to run; to run, to move...
3Old Dutchrinnanto run
4Proto-Germanic*rinnan—

via Dutch koekoek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkoekoeka cuckoo; a dormer
Every word from Proto-Germanic *rinnan →Every word from Old Dutch rinnan →Every word from Middle Dutch rinnen →