Where does “ornitofauna” come from?

ornitofauna (Polish) comes from Polish fauna, from New Latin fauna, from English avifauna, from Latin avis, from Proto-Italic awis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éwis — bird.

ornitofauna (Polish): birdlife, avifauna

Definitions

  1. birdlife, avifauna

Ancestry of “ornitofauna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishfaunafauna
2New Latinfaunaanimals
3EnglishavifaunaThe birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting...
4Latinavisa bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of...
5Proto-Italicawisbird
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éwisbird
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éwis →