Where does “Sri Lanka hill myna” come from?

Sri Lanka hill myna (English) comes from English Sri Lanka, from Sinhalese ශ්‍රී ලංකා, from Sanskrit श्री लङ्का.

Sri Lanka hill myna (English): Any of species Gracula ptilogenys, of hill mynas

Definitions

  1. Any of species Gracula ptilogenys, of hill mynas

Ancestry of “Sri Lanka hill myna”, step by step

Sri Lanka hill myna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Sri Lanka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSri Lanka—
2Sinhaleseශ්‍රී ලංකා—
3Sanskritश्री लङ्का—

via English hill myna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishhill mynaAny member of the species of genus Gracula, of south Asia
Every word from Sanskrit श्री लङ्का →Every word from Sinhalese ශ්‍රී ලංකා →Every word from English Sri Lanka →