Where does “Meeresschildkröte” come from?
Meeresschildkröte (German) comes from German Schildkröte, from German Schild, from Middle High German schilt, from Old High German scilt, from Proto-West Germanic skeldu, from Proto-Germanic skelduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)keit-.
Meeresschildkröte (German): sea turtle
Ancestry of “Meeresschildkröte”, step by step