Where does “kuluvert aħmar” come from?
kuluvert aħmar (Maltese) comes from Maltese kuluvert, from French colvert, from French cōl, from Old French cōl, from Latin collum, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.
kuluvert aħmar (Maltese): ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
Definitions
- ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
Ancestry of “kuluvert aħmar”, step by step
kuluvert aħmar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Maltese kuluvert
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maltese | kuluvert | mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) |
| 2 | French | colvert | mallard |
| 3 | French | cōl | collar |
| 4 | Old French | cōl | neck |
| 5 | Latin | collum | neck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude |
| 6 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 7 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |