Where does “Rotschulterbussard” come from?

Rotschulterbussard (German) comes from German Bussard, from French busard, from Old French busart, from Old French buison, from Old French bois, from Frankish busk, from Proto-Germanic buskaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- — to become, grow, appear.

Rotschulterbussard (German): red-shouldered hawk

Definitions

  1. red-shouldered hawk

Ancestry of “Rotschulterbussard”, step by step

Rotschulterbussard traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German Bussard

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBussardbuzzard
2Frenchbusardharrier
3Old Frenchbusart—
4Old Frenchbuisonbush
5Old Frenchboiswoodland; woods
6Frankishbuskbush; bush, thicket
7Proto-Germanicbuskazbush; thicket
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear

via German rōt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanrōt—
2Middle High Germanrōtred, red-haired
3Old High Germanrōtred, scarlet, purple-red, brown-red, yellow-red
4Proto-West Germanicraudred
5Proto-Germanicraudazred
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rowdʰósred thing
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red

via German schulter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschulterinflection of schultern: ## first-person singular...
2Old High Germanscultera—
3Proto-West Germanicskuldrushoulder
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic buskaz →Every word from Frankish busk →