Where does “jackal buzzard” come from?
jackal buzzard (English) comes from English jackal, from French chacal, from Turkish çakal, from Ottoman Turkish چقال, from Persian شغال, from Persian شگال, from Pahlavi 𐬱𐬖𐬀𐬮, from Sanskrit सृगाल.
jackal buzzard (English): an African bird of prey with three main...
Definitions
- an African bird of prey with three main...
Ancestry of “jackal buzzard”, step by step
jackal buzzard traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English jackal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | jackal | Any of certain wild canids of the genus "Canis",... |
| 2 | French | chacal | jackal |
| 3 | Turkish | çakal | jackal; an opportunistic, wily, sneaky and... |
| 4 | Ottoman Turkish | چقال | jackal |
| 5 | Persian | شغال | jackal |
| 6 | Persian | شگال | — |
| 7 | Pahlavi | 𐬱𐬖𐬀𐬮 | — |
| 8 | Sanskrit | सृगाल | jackal; a particular tree; name of a Vāsudeva |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *śr̥gālás | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćárguš | predatory animal |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱérg-ús ~ ḱr̥g-éws | — |
via English buzzard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | buzzard | Any of several Old World birds of prey of the... |
| 2 | Middle English | bosart | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | buisart | — |
| 4 | Old French | busart | — |
| 5 | Old French | buison | bush |
| 6 | Old French | bois | woodland; woods |
| 7 | Frankish | busk | bush; bush, thicket |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | buskaz | bush; thicket |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuH- | to become, grow, appear |