Where does “Mönchssittich” come from?

Mönchssittich (German) comes from German Mönch, from Middle High German münech, from Old High German munih, from Vulgar Latin monicus, from Late Latin monachus, from Ancient Greek μοναχός, from Ancient Greek μόνος, from Ancient Greek σπέρμα.

Mönchssittich (German): monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)

Definitions

  1. monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)

Ancestry of “Mönchssittich”, step by step

Mönchssittich traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Mönch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMönchmonk; blackcap
2Middle High Germanmünech
3Old High Germanmunih
4Vulgar Latinmonicus
5Late Latinmonachusmonk
6Ancient Greekμοναχόςsolitary, single; monk, monastic
7Ancient Greekμόνοςalone, forsaken, solitary; only; unique
8Ancient Greekσπέρμαseed; semen, sperm; seed-time, sowing
9Proto-Hellenic*spérmə

via German Sittich

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSittichparakeet
2Middle High Germansitich
3Latinsittacus
4LatinpsittacusA parrot
5Ancient Greekψιττακόςparrot
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *spérməEvery word from Ancient Greek σπέρμαEvery word from Ancient Greek μόνος
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