Where does “vándorrigó” come from?
vándorrigó (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian vándor, from Hungarian vándorol, from German wandern, from Middle High German wandern, from Old High German wantaron, from Proto-West Germanic *wandarōn — to waver, change, fluctuate.
vándorrigó (Hungarian): American robin (Turdus migratorius)
Definitions
- American robin (Turdus migratorius)
Ancestry of “vándorrigó”, step by step
vándorrigó traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian vándor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | vándor | wandering, migrant; wanderer, wayfarer |
| 2 | Hungarian | vándorol | to wander |
| 3 | German | wandern | to hike; to wander, to migrate, to move... |
| 4 | Middle High German | wandern | — |
| 5 | Old High German | wantaron | wantarōn |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *wandarōn | to waver, change, fluctuate |
via Hungarian rigó
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | rigó | thrush; Ellipsis of sárgarigó; Ellipsis of... |