Where does “southern banjo frog” come from?
southern banjo frog (English) comes from English banjo frog, from English Frog, from Portuguese froco, from Latin floccus, from Frankish flokko, from Proto-Germanic *flukkô, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.
southern banjo frog (English): Limnodynastes dumerilii, a species of banjo frog
Definitions
- Limnodynastes dumerilii, a species of banjo frog
Ancestry of “southern banjo frog”, step by step
southern banjo frog traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English banjo frog
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | banjo frog | Any of various Australian frogs of the genus Limnodynastes, including the pobblebonk |
| 2 | English | Frog | Alternative form of frog |
| 3 | Portuguese | froco | flock |
| 4 | Latin | floccus | tuft, wisp of wool |
| 5 | Frankish | flokko | down, wool, flock |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *flukkô | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |
via English Southern
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Southern | from or pertaining to the southern part of any... |
| 2 | Old English | sūþerne | southern, southerly, coming from the south; of... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | sunþrōnijaz | southern |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sóh₂wl̥ | sun |