Where does “alaŭdedo” come from?

alaŭdedo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto alaŭdo, from Latin alauda, from Gaulish *alawda — A skylark.

alaŭdedo (Esperanto): any member of the lark family (Alaudidae)

Definitions

  1. any member of the lark family (Alaudidae)

Ancestry of “alaŭdedo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoalaŭdolark
2LatinalaudaA lark; the crested lark, the skylark
3Gaulish*alawdaA skylark
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