Where does “Rotschwanzsittich” come from?

Rotschwanzsittich (German) comes from German rōt, from Middle High German rōt, from Old High German rōt, from Proto-West Germanic raud, from Proto-Germanic raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rowdʰós, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.

Rotschwanzsittich (German): any bird of the neotropical parrot genus Pyrrhura

Definitions

  1. any bird of the neotropical parrot genus Pyrrhura

Ancestry of “Rotschwanzsittich”, step by step

Rotschwanzsittich traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

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 Sittich

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSittichparakeet
2Middle High Germansitich
3Latinsittacus
4LatinpsittacusA parrot
5Ancient Greekψιττακόςparrot

via German schwanz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschwanztail
2Middle High Germanswanztail
3Middle High Germanswanzento swing
4Middle High Germanswanken
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rowdʰósEvery word from Proto-Germanic raudaz
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