Where does “awifauna” come from?

awifauna (Polish) comes from Polish fauna, from New Latin fauna, from Latin Fauna, from Latin Faunus, from Latin faveō, from Proto-Indo-European gʰoweh₁ — to notice.

awifauna (Polish): birdlife, avifauna

Definitions

  1. birdlife, avifauna

Ancestry of “awifauna”, step by step

awifauna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish fauna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishfaunafauna
2New Latinfaunaanimals
3LatinFaunaRoman goddess
4LatinFaunusFaunus horned god of the forest, plains and fields
5Latinfaveōto be favorable, to be well disposed or inclined towards, to favor, promote, befriend, countenance, protect
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʰoweh₁to notice

via Latin avis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinavisa bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of...
2Proto-Italicawisbird
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éwisbird
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰoweh₁