Where does “zebra turkeyfish” come from?
zebra turkeyfish (English) comes from English zebra, from Italian zebra, from Portuguese zebra, from Old Portuguese enzebro, from Old Portuguese cebrario, from Vulgar Latin eciferus, from Latin equiferus, from Latin equus — swift.
zebra turkeyfish (English): A venomous fish in the family Scorpaenidae (Dendrochirus zebra)
Definitions
- A venomous fish in the family Scorpaenidae (Dendrochirus zebra)
Ancestry of “zebra turkeyfish”, step by step
zebra turkeyfish traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English zebra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | zebra | Any of three species of genus "Equus": "E.... |
| 2 | Italian | zebra | zebra; zebra crossing |
| 3 | Portuguese | zebra | zebra |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | enzebro | — |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | cebrario | — |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | eciferus | fool, wild ass, donkey; wild horse |
| 7 | Latin | equiferus | wild horse |
| 8 | Latin | equus | a horse; a steed, charger |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | ekwos | horse |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éḱwos | stallion, horse |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁oh₁ḱu- | swift |
via English turkeyfish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | turkeyfish | Another name for a lionfish |
| 2 | English | Turkey | The guinea fowl (family Numididae) |
| 3 | Middle English | Turkye | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | Turcia | — |
| 5 | Latin | Turcus | Turk |
| 6 | Greek | Τοῦρκος | male Turk person from or who lives in Turkey |
| 7 | Persian | ترک | crack |
| 8 | Middle Persian | twlk' | — |
| 9 | Old Turkic | 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 | Turk |
| 10 | Proto-Turkic | *tür(ü)k | Turk, Turkic people |