Where does “Ziegensittich” come from?

Ziegensittich (German) comes from German Sittich, from Middle High German sitich, from Latin sittacus, from Latin psittacus, from Ancient Greek ψιττακός — parrot.

Ziegensittich (German): red-crowned parakeet, red-fronted parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae)

Definitions

  1. red-crowned parakeet, red-fronted parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae)

Ancestry of “Ziegensittich”, step by step

Ziegensittich traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Sittich

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

via German ziege

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanziegegoat
2Middle High Germanzige—
3Old High Germanziga—
4Proto-West Germanictigāshe-goat
Every word from Ancient Greek ψιττακός →Every word from Latin psittacus →Every word from Latin sittacus →