Where does “denb il-ġurdien it-twil” come from?
denb il-ġurdien it-twil (Maltese) comes from Maltese denb il-ġurdien, from Maltese ġurdien, from Arabic جُرْذان, from Arabic جُرَذ — a desert rodent with black tail tips, like many...
denb il-ġurdien it-twil (Maltese): slender meadow foxtail, Alopecurus myosuroides
Definitions
- slender meadow foxtail, Alopecurus myosuroides
Ancestry of “denb il-ġurdien it-twil”, step by step
denb il-ġurdien it-twil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Maltese denb il-ġurdien
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maltese | denb il-ġurdien | meadow foxtail (Alopecurus pratensis) |
| 2 | Maltese | ġurdien | mouse; rat |
| 3 | Arabic | جُرْذان | — |
| 4 | Arabic | جُرَذ | a desert rodent with black tail tips, like many... |