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
- "Nymphicus hollandicus", a small, rather atypical...
Ancestry of “cockatiel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kaketielje | — |
| 2 | Portuguese | cacatua | cockatoo |
| 3 | Malay | kakatuwa | — |
| 4 | Spanish | cacatúa | cockatoo |
| 5 | Malay | kakaktua | cockatoo; pincers |
| 6 | Malay | tua | old; ripe |
| 7 | Classical Malay | tua | old; ripe |
| 8 | Malay | tuha | Obsolete form of tua |
| 9 | Proto-Malayic | tuha | — |
| 10 | Proto-Malayo-Chamic | tuha | — |
| 11 | Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan | tuha | — |
| 12 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | (ma-)tuqah | old |
| 13 | Proto-Austronesian | (ma-)tuqaS | old |