Where does “Papageitaucher” come from?
Papageitaucher (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.
Papageitaucher (German): Atlantic puffin
Definitions
- Atlantic puffin
Ancestry of “Papageitaucher”, step by step
Papageitaucher 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 taucher
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | taucher | diver someone who dives, especially as a sport; someone who works underwater |
| 2 | German | tauchen | to dive; to bathe |
| 3 | Middle High German | tūchen | to dive, to duck, to submerge, to become submerged |
| 4 | Old High German | tūhhan | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | dūkan | to duck, to dive under |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | dūkaną | to duck, to dive under |