Where does “kuluvert tas-salib” come from?

kuluvert tas-salib (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 tas-salib (Maltese): common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)

Definitions

  1. common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)

Ancestry of “kuluvert tas-salib”, step by step

kuluvert tas-salib traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Maltese kuluvert

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maltesekuluvertmallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
2Frenchcolvertmallard
3Frenchcōlcollar
4Old Frenchcōlneck
5Latincollumneck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude
6Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
7Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
8Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via Maltese ta'

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malteseta'of
2Arabicمَتاعthing, possession

via Maltese salib

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maltesesalibcross; cross; Cross; crucifix
2Arabicصَلِيبcross
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂