Where does “kortbirdo” come from?

kortbirdo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto korto, from Italian corte, from Latin cōrtem, from Latin cohors, from Latin co-, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

kortbirdo (Esperanto): domestic fowl

Definitions

  1. domestic fowl

Ancestry of “kortbirdo”, step by step

kortbirdo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto korto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantokortocourtyard
2Italiancortecourtyard; court
3Latincōrtem
4Latincohorsa court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or...
5Latinco-allomorph of con-
6Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
7Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
8Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
9Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt
13Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
14Old High Germankuti
15Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
16Proto-Germanickweduzresin
17Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
18Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Esperanto birdo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantobirdobird
2EnglishbirdA member of the class of animals Aves in the...
3Middle Englishbrida young bird, a bird in general; Alternative form...
4Old Englishbriddyoung bird, chick; chicken
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-