Where does “vaktel” come from?

vaktel (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Middle Low German wachtele, from Old Saxon *hwahtula, from Proto-West Germanic hwahtlā, from Proto-Germanic hwahtlǭ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷóǵ⁽ʰ⁾-tl-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeǵ⁽ʰ⁾- — to flee, escape.

vaktel (Norwegian Bokmål): a quail any of various small game birds of the family Phasianidae or of the family Odontophoridae

Definitions

  1. a quail any of various small game birds of the family Phasianidae or of the family Odontophoridae

Ancestry of “vaktel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanwachtele—
2Old Saxon*hwahtula—
3Proto-West Germanichwahtlāquail
4Proto-Germanichwahtlǭ—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷóǵ⁽ʰ⁾-tl-eh₂—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeǵ⁽ʰ⁾-to flee, escape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeǵ⁽ʰ⁾- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷóǵ⁽ʰ⁾-tl-eh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwahtlǭ →
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