Where does “Schwarzflügelpapagei” come from?
Schwarzflügelpapagei (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.
Schwarzflügelpapagei (German): the black-winged parrot; any bird of the neotropical parrot species Hapalopsittaca melanotis
Definitions
- the black-winged parrot; any bird of the neotropical parrot species Hapalopsittaca melanotis
Ancestry of “Schwarzflügelpapagei”, step by step
Schwarzflügelpapagei traces back through 3 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 | — |