Where does “little spiderhunter” come from?
little spiderhunter (English) comes from English spiderhunter, from English Hunter, from Middle English huntere, from Middle English hunten, from Cimbrian hunt, from Middle High German hunt, from Old High German hunt, from Proto-West Germanic hund — dog.
little spiderhunter (English): Arachnothera longirostra, a long-billed nectar-feeding bird in the Nectariniidae family, found in South and Southeast Asia
Definitions
- Arachnothera longirostra, a long-billed nectar-feeding bird in the Nectariniidae family, found in South and Southeast Asia
Ancestry of “little spiderhunter”, step by step
little spiderhunter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English spiderhunter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | spiderhunter | A large Asian sunbird of the genus... |
| 2 | English | Hunter | for a hunter |
| 3 | Middle English | huntere | A hunter; a (male) person who hunts animals |
| 4 | Middle English | hunten | to hunt |
| 5 | Cimbrian | hunt | dog |
| 6 | Middle High German | hunt | dog (Canis familiaris) |
| 7 | Old High German | hunt | dog |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | hund | dog |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hundaz | dog |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwn̥tós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwṓ | dog |
via English little
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | little | Small in size; Insignificant, trivial; Very young |
| 2 | Middle English | litel | little |
| 3 | Old English | lȳtel | little |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | lūtil | bent; tending to stoop; crouching |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lūtilaz | bent; tending to stoop; crouching; little |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | burgz | fortification, stronghold; city |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰr̥ǵʰ- | — |