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Where does “kardelo” come from?

kardelo (Esperanto) comes from Italian cardellino, from Italian cardello, from Latin cardellus, from Latin carduēlis, from Latin carduus, from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- — to run.

kardelo (Esperanto): goldfinch

Definitions

  1. goldfinch

Ancestry of “kardelo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancardellinogoldfinch
2Italiancardello—
3Latincardellus—
4Latincarduēlis—
5Latincarduusa wild thistle; the artichoke
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱers-to run
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