Where does “renard à oreilles de chauve-souris” come from?

renard à oreilles de chauve-souris (French) comes from French renard, from Old French renart, from Latin Renartus, from Proto-Germanic Raginaharduz, from Proto-Germanic harduz, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- — to travel, tour.

Ancestry of “renard à oreilles de chauve-souris”, step by step

renard à oreilles de chauve-souris traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French renard

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchrenardfox; crafty, purposeful and cunning character;...
2Old Frenchrenartfox
3LatinRenartus—
4Proto-GermanicRaginaharduzA male given name
5Proto-Germanicharduzhard; brave
6Proto-Indo-Europeankert-times; to weave, twist together; time
7Proto-Turkic*keŕ-to travel, tour

via French chauve-souris

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchauve-sourisbat

via French oreilles

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchoreilles—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- →