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Where does “cockatiel” come from?

cockatiel (English) comes from Dutch kaketielje, from Portuguese cacatua, from Malay kakatuwa, from Spanish cacatúa, from Malay kakaktua, from Malay tua, from Classical Malay tua, from Malay tuha — old.

cockatiel (English): "Nymphicus hollandicus", a small, rather atypical...

Definitions

  1. "Nymphicus hollandicus", a small, rather atypical...

Ancestry of “cockatiel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkaketielje—
2Portuguesecacatuacockatoo
3Malaykakatuwa—
4Spanishcacatúacockatoo
5Malaykakaktuacockatoo; pincers
6Malaytuaold; ripe
7Classical Malaytuaold; ripe
8MalaytuhaObsolete form of tua
9Proto-Malayictuha—
10Proto-Malayo-Chamictuha—
11Proto-Malayo-Sumbawantuha—
12Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)tuqahold
13Proto-Austronesian(ma-)tuqaSold

Words derived from “cockatiel”

  • tiel
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