Where does “trochil” come from?

trochil (English) comes from Latin Trochilus, from Ancient Greek τροχίλος, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́λος, from Proto-Hellenic *-illos, from Proto-Indo-European *-illos.

trochil (English): The crocodile bird, "Pluvianus aegyptius"

Definitions

  1. The crocodile bird, "Pluvianus aegyptius"

Ancestry of “trochil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinTrochilusA kind of small bird
2Ancient GreekτροχίλοςEgyptian plover; Eurasian wren; hollow between...
3Ancient Greek-ῐ́λοςA noun-forming suffix, often forming nouns denoting concrete objects
4Proto-Hellenic*-illos
5Proto-Indo-European*-illos
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-illosEvery word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́λοςEvery word from Ancient Greek τροχίλος
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