Where does “Kongopapagei” come from?
Kongopapagei (German) comes from German Papagei, from Middle High German papegei, from Old French papegai, from Old Spanish papagayo, from Greek παπαγάλος, from Italian pappagallo, from Byzantine Greek παπαγᾶς, from Arabic بَبَغَاء.
Kongopapagei (German): the red-fronted parrot or Jardine's parrot; any bird of the parrot species Poicephalus gulielmi in the family Psittacidae
Definitions
- the red-fronted parrot or Jardine's parrot; any bird of the parrot species Poicephalus gulielmi in the family Psittacidae
Ancestry of “Kongopapagei”, step by step
Kongopapagei traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Papagei
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Papagei | parrot |
| 2 | Middle High German | papegei | — |
| 3 | Old French | papegai | parrot |
| 4 | Old Spanish | papagayo | — |
| 5 | Greek | παπαγάλος | parrot; a person who repeats uncritically what... |
| 6 | Italian | pappagallo | parrot; wolf; a person repeating others' words... |
| 7 | Byzantine Greek | παπαγᾶς | — |
| 8 | Arabic | بَبَغَاء | — |
via German Kongo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kongo | Kongo (a Bantu language) |