Where does “cocotilla” come from?

cocotilla (Spanish) comes from English cockatiel, from Dutch kaketielje, from Portuguese cacatua, from Malay kakatuwa, from Spanish cacatúa, from Malay kakaktua, from Malay tua, from Classical Malay tua — old.

cocotilla (Spanish): cockatiel (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest)

Definitions

  1. cockatiel (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest)

Ancestry of “cocotilla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcockatiel"Nymphicus hollandicus", a small, rather atypical...
2Dutchkaketielje
3Portuguesecacatuacockatoo
4Malaykakatuwa
5Spanishcacatúacockatoo
6Malaykakaktuacockatoo; pincers
7Malaytuaold; ripe
8Classical Malaytuaold; ripe
9MalaytuhaObsolete form of tua
10Proto-Malayictuha
11Proto-Malayo-Chamictuha
12Proto-Malayo-Sumbawantuha
13Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)tuqahold
14Proto-Austronesian(ma-)tuqaSold
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