Where does “dodo” come from?

dodo (Mauritian Creole) comes from French dodo, from French dormir, from Middle French dormir, from Old French dormir, from Latin dormiō, from Proto-Italic dormiō, from Proto-Indo-European drem- — to run.

dodo (Mauritian Creole): dodo bird; to sleep

Definitions

  1. dodo bird; to sleep

Ancestry of “dodo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchdodoSleep, kip; A dodo bird
2Frenchdormirto sleep
3Middle Frenchdormirto sleep
4Old Frenchdormirto sleep
5Latindormiōto sleep
6Proto-Italicdormiōto sleep
7Proto-Indo-Europeandrem-to run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European drem- →Every word from Proto-Italic dormiō →Every word from Latin dormiō →