Where does “Biak whistler” come from?
Biak whistler (English) comes from English Whistler, from Old English hwistlere, from Old English -ere, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
Biak whistler (English): Pachycephala melanorhyncha, a species of typical whistler or thickhead bird
Definitions
- Pachycephala melanorhyncha, a species of typical whistler or thickhead bird
Ancestry of “Biak whistler”, step by step
Biak whistler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Whistler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Whistler | A placename |
| 2 | Old English | hwistlere | piper, fluter, flautist |
| 3 | Old English | -ere | masculine agent suffix, originally applied only... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |