Where does “pelikan” come from?
pelikan (Indonesian) comes from Dutch pelikaan, from Middle Dutch pellicaen, from Old French pelican, from Latin pelecānus, from Ancient Greek πελεκάν, from Ancient Greek πέλεκυς — two-edged axe for felling trees; battle axe,...
pelikan (Indonesian): pelican, bird of the family Pelecanidae
Definitions
- pelican, bird of the family Pelecanidae
Ancestry of “pelikan”, step by step
pelikan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.