Where does “Höhlensittich” come from?

Höhlensittich (German) comes from German Höhle, from Middle High German hüle, from Old High German hulī, from Old High German hol, from Proto-West Germanic hol, from Proto-Germanic hulą, from Proto-Germanic hulaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- — to cover; to incline.

Höhlensittich (German): night parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis)

Definitions

  1. night parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis)

Ancestry of “Höhlensittich”, step by step

Höhlensittich traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Höhle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHöhlecave; cavity
2Middle High Germanhüle—
3Old High Germanhulī—
4Old High Germanholhollow
5Proto-West Germanicholhollow; hole
6Proto-Germanichuląa hollow; depression; hole
7Proto-Germanichulazhollow
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

via German Sittich

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSittichparakeet
2Middle High Germansitich—
3Latinsittacus—
4LatinpsittacusA parrot
5Ancient Greekψιττακόςparrot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hulaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic hulą →