Where does “roodstaartraafkaketoe” come from?
roodstaartraafkaketoe (Dutch) comes from Dutch raafkaketoe, 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 — old.
roodstaartraafkaketoe (Dutch): a red-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii)
Definitions
- a red-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii)
Ancestry of “roodstaartraafkaketoe”, step by step
roodstaartraafkaketoe traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch raafkaketoe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | raafkaketoe | a black cockatoo; any cockatoo of the genera Calyptorhynchus or Zanda |
| 2 | Dutch | kaketoe | cockatoo, parrot of the family Cacatuidae |
| 3 | Malay | kakaktua | cockatoo; pincers |
| 4 | Malay | tua | old; ripe |
| 5 | Classical Malay | tua | old; ripe |
| 6 | Malay | tuha | Obsolete form of tua |
| 7 | Proto-Malayic | tuha | — |
| 8 | Proto-Malayo-Chamic | tuha | — |
| 9 | Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan | tuha | — |
| 10 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | (ma-)tuqah | old |
| 11 | Proto-Austronesian | (ma-)tuqaS | old |
via Dutch rood
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | rood | red; left, socialist, labor |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | rôot | red |
| 3 | Old Dutch | rōt | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | raud | red |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | raudaz | red |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rowdʰós | red thing |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rewdʰ- | red |
via Dutch staart
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | staart | A tail on an animal; An object dangling like an... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | stert | tail; behind, backside; back part of something |
| 3 | Old Dutch | stert | tail |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *stert | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | stertaz | tail |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)terd- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ter- | strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to... |