Where does “prærieulv” come from?
prærieulv (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål prærie, from French prairie, from Old French praerie, from Portuguese prataria, from Portuguese prata, from Old Portuguese prata, from Vulgar Latin platta, from Latin plattus — flat.
prærieulv (Norwegian Bokmål): a coyote or prairie wolf, Canis latrans
Definitions
- a coyote or prairie wolf, Canis latrans
Ancestry of “prærieulv”, step by step
prærieulv traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål prærie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | prærie | a prairie |
| 2 | French | prairie | meadow, grassland, pasture, prairie |
| 3 | Old French | praerie | meadow |
| 4 | Portuguese | prataria | silverware; cutlery; plates, dishes collectively |
| 5 | Portuguese | prata | silver; one hundred cents of current currency... |
| 6 | Old Portuguese | prata | silver |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | platta | metal plate |
| 8 | Latin | plattus | flattened |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |