Where does “ruusukakadu” come from?
ruusukakadu (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruusu, from Swedish Ros, from Swedish rosa, from French rosé, from German rosé, from Middle High German rôse, from Old High German rōsa, from Latin Rosa — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
ruusukakadu (Finnish): galah, rose-breasted cockatoo or galah cockatoo, Eolophus roseicapilla
Definitions
- galah, rose-breasted cockatoo or galah cockatoo, Eolophus roseicapilla
Ancestry of “ruusukakadu”, step by step
ruusukakadu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ruusu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ruusu | rose; erysipelas |
| 2 | Swedish | Ros | mostly used in compound names like Ros-Marie |
| 3 | Swedish | rosa | pink; praise, commend |
| 4 | French | rosé | pinkish; rosé |
| 5 | German | rosé | pale pink |
| 6 | Middle High German | rôse | rose |
| 7 | Old High German | rōsa | — |
| 8 | Latin | Rosa | rose |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ῥόδον | rose (usually Rosa gallica) |
| 10 | Old Persian | wurdi | flower |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | wurdiz | fate, destiny |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | wrti- | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
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 |