Where does “arokakadu” come from?
arokakadu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kakadu, from German Kakadu, from Dutch kaketoe, from Malay kakaktua, from Malay tua, from Classical Malay tua, from Malay tuha, from Proto-Malayic tuha — old.
arokakadu (Finnish): Major Mitchell's cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri, syn. Lophochroa leadbeateri) cockatoo with distinctive salmon pink plumage and a bright red and yellow crest
Definitions
- Major Mitchell's cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri, syn. Lophochroa leadbeateri) cockatoo with distinctive salmon pink plumage and a bright red and yellow crest
Ancestry of “arokakadu”, step by step
arokakadu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kakadu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kakadu | cockatoo; corella |
| 2 | German | Kakadu | cockatoo |
| 3 | Dutch | kaketoe | cockatoo, parrot of the family Cacatuidae |
| 4 | Malay | kakaktua | cockatoo; pincers |
| 5 | Malay | tua | old; ripe |
| 6 | Classical Malay | tua | old; ripe |
| 7 | Malay | tuha | Obsolete form of tua |
| 8 | Proto-Malayic | tuha | — |
| 9 | Proto-Malayo-Chamic | tuha | — |
| 10 | Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan | tuha | — |
| 11 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | (ma-)tuqah | old |
| 12 | Proto-Austronesian | (ma-)tuqaS | old |