Where does “blue-capped kingfisher” come from?
blue-capped kingfisher (English) comes from English kingfisher, from English king, from Middle English king, from Old English cyning, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum — smoke; mist, haze.
blue-capped kingfisher (English): Actenoides hombroni, a species of kingfisher endemic to parts of the Philippines
Definitions
- Actenoides hombroni, a species of kingfisher endemic to parts of the Philippines
Ancestry of “blue-capped kingfisher”, step by step
blue-capped kingfisher traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English kingfisher
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | kingfisher | Any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines (or the family Alcedinidae sensu lato), having a large head, short tail and brilliant colouration; they feed mostly on fish |
| 2 | English | king | A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If... |
| 3 | Middle English | king | king monarch |
| 4 | Old English | cyning | king |
| 5 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 8 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via English Blue
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Blue | A letterman at Oxford or Cambridge; A member of... |
| 2 | Middle English | blēwe | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | blew | blue |
| 4 | Middle French | bleu | blue |
| 5 | Old French | blöe | blue |
| 6 | Latvian | blāvus | accusative plural masculine form of blāvs |
| 7 | Old High German | blāo | blue, dark, grey; blue; yellow |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | blāu | blue |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | blēwaz | blue; a dark bluish or grey colour, black |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlēw- | yellow, blond, grey |
via English capped
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | capped | simple past tense and past participle of cap |
| 2 | English | Cap | A nickname for the captain of a team, ship, etc |
| 3 | English | Capricorn | Someone with a Capricorn star sign |
| 4 | French | Capricorne | Capricorn |
| 5 | Latin | Capricornus | Capricornus, the constellation of the zodiac |
| 6 | Latin | caper | a male goat, billy goat; vocative singular of... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *kapros | he-goat |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kápros | he-goat, billy goat |