Where does “кактусовый крапивник” come from?
кактусовый крапивник (Russian) comes from Russian ка́ктусовый, from Russian кактус, from Latin cactus, from Ancient Greek κάκτος — the cardoon, "Cynara cardunculus"; the artichoke...
кактусовый крапивник (Russian): cactus wren (bird of the genus Campylorhynchus)
Definitions
- cactus wren (bird of the genus Campylorhynchus)
Ancestry of “кактусовый крапивник”, step by step
кактусовый крапивник traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian ка́ктусовый
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | ка́ктусовый | cactus |
| 2 | Russian | кактус | cactus |
| 3 | Latin | cactus | the cardoon, "Cynara cardunculus" |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κάκτος | the cardoon, "Cynara cardunculus"; the artichoke... |
via Russian крапи́вник
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | крапи́вник | wren |
| 2 | Russian | -ни́к | Suffix appended to nominal stems to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a professional, performer, adherent, place, object, tool or a feature |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ьnikъ | From base concept nouns, forms agent nouns who... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ikъ | *nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →... |