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

  1. pelican, bird of the family Pelecanidae

Ancestry of “pelikan”, step by step

pelikan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch pelikaan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchpelikaanpelican, bird of the family Pelecanidae
2Middle Dutchpellicaen
3Old Frenchpelican
4Latinpelecānuspelican
5Ancient Greekπελεκάνpelican
6Ancient Greekπέλεκυςtwo-edged axe for felling trees; battle axe,...

via Indonesian pelik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianpelikremarkable
2Malaypelikstrange not normal
Every word from Ancient Greek πέλεκυς