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Where does “cocturnix” come from?

cocturnix (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic kwaktrīx.

cocturnix (Latin): quail

Definitions

  1. quail

Ancestry of “cocturnix”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italickwaktrīx—

Words derived from “cocturnix”

  • coturnicem
  • coturnice
  • coturnix
  • codorniz
  • coturnice
  • codorniz
  • Coturnicops
  • cogorniz
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