Where does “canard brun” come from?

canard brun (French) comes from French canard, from Middle French canard, from Old French quanart, from Old French cane, from Middle Low German kāne, from Old Saxon *kano, from Proto-Italic kanō, from Proto-Germanic kanô — a vessel, tub; a vessel, vat, tub.

canard brun (French): mottled duck

Definitions

  1. mottled duck

Ancestry of “canard brun”, step by step

canard brun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French canard

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcanardduck; drake; canard, hoax
2Middle Frenchcanardduck, male duck
3Old Frenchquanartduck
4Old Frenchcanetube
5Middle Low Germankāne—
6Old Saxon*kano—
7Proto-Italickanōto sing
8Proto-Germanickanôvessel, vat, tub; boat
9Proto-Indo-Europeangan-a vessel, tub; a vessel, vat, tub

via French brun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbrunbrown; brown-haired person
2ItalianBrunodark gray, almost black
3Medieval Latinbrunusbrown, brunet
4Frankishbrūnbrown, dark, shiny
5Proto-Germanic*brūn—
6Proto-Germanicbrūnazbrown
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerH-to pierce; to strike; brown
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gan- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kanô →Every word from Proto-Italic kanō →