Where does “бамбуковый дятел” come from?
бамбуковый дятел (Russian) comes from Russian бамбу́ковый, from Russian бамбу́к, from Dutch bamboe, from Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Tamil வேம்பு, from Kannada ಬಂಬು, from Proto-Dravidian *wēmpu — neem tree.
бамбуковый дятел (Russian): bamboo woodpecker (any Gecinulus sp. or Gecinulus viridis)
Definitions
- bamboo woodpecker (any Gecinulus sp. or Gecinulus viridis)
Ancestry of “бамбуковый дятел”, step by step
бамбуковый дятел traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian бамбу́ковый
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | бамбу́ковый | bamboo |
| 2 | Russian | бамбу́к | bamboo |
| 3 | Dutch | bamboe | bamboo |
| 4 | Portuguese | bambu | bamboo |
| 5 | Malay | bambu | bamboo |
| 6 | Tamil | வேம்பு | bitterness (of taste) |
| 7 | Kannada | ಬಂಬು | bamboo |
| 8 | Proto-Dravidian | *wēmpu | neem tree |
via Russian дя́тел
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | дя́тел | woodpecker (e.g., Dendrocopos major) |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | dętelъ | woodpecker |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | delbtelas | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰelbʰ-tel-o-s | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰelbʰ- | to dig, excavate |