Where does “red-billed woodcreeper” come from?
red-billed woodcreeper (English) comes from English red-billed, from English Red, from English rede, from Middle English reden, from Old English rǣdan, from Proto-West Germanic rādan, from Proto-Germanic rēdaną, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
red-billed woodcreeper (English): Hylexetastes perrotii, a species of woodcreeper bird found in regions of Africa and South America
Definitions
- Hylexetastes perrotii, a species of woodcreeper bird found in regions of Africa and South America
Ancestry of “red-billed woodcreeper”, step by step
red-billed woodcreeper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English red-billed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | red-billed | (Of a bird species) having a red coloured beak or bill |
| 2 | English | Red | A Communist; A supporter of a sports team who... |
| 3 | English | rede | Help, advice, counsel; Decision, a plan; To... |
| 4 | Middle English | reden | to counsel, advise; to study; to read |
| 5 | Old English | rǣdan | to read, interpret; to counsel, advise; plot,... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | rādan | to advise, counsel, help; to devise, decide,... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | rēdaną | to decide, advise |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via English woodcreeper
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | woodcreeper | Any of many neotropical passerine birds of the... |
| 2 | English | Wood | An English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a wood |
| 3 | English | Frog | Alternative form of frog |
| 4 | Portuguese | froco | flock |
| 5 | Latin | floccus | tuft, wisp of wool |
| 6 | Frankish | flokko | down, wool, flock |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *flukkô | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |