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

  1. Atlantic puffin

Ancestry of “Papageitaucher”, step by step

Papageitaucher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Papagei

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPapageiparrot
2Middle High Germanpapegei
3Old Frenchpapegaiparrot
4Old Spanishpapagayo
5Greekπαπαγάλοςparrot; a person who repeats uncritically what...
6Italianpappagalloparrot; wolf; a person repeating others' words...
7Byzantine Greekπαπαγᾶς
8Arabicبَبَغَاء

via German taucher

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantaucherdiver someone who dives, especially as a sport; someone who works underwater
2Germantauchento dive; to bathe
3Middle High Germantūchento dive, to duck, to submerge, to become submerged
4Old High Germantūhhan
5Proto-West Germanicdūkanto duck, to dive under
6Proto-Germanicdūkanąto duck, to dive under
Every word from Arabic بَبَغَاءEvery word from Byzantine Greek παπαγᾶςEvery word from Italian pappagallo