Where does “gråryggig törnskata” come from?
gråryggig törnskata (Swedish) comes from Swedish rygg, from Swedish råd, from English raid, from Scots raid, from Middle English rade, from Old English rād, from Proto-West Germanic raidu, from Proto-Germanic raidō — to fit, to fix, to put together.
gråryggig törnskata (Swedish): grey-backed fiscal, (Lanius excubitoroides)
Definitions
- grey-backed fiscal, (Lanius excubitoroides)
Ancestry of “gråryggig törnskata”, step by step
gråryggig törnskata traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish rygg
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | rygg | back; the rear of the body; especially the part... |
| 2 | Swedish | råd | a piece of advice, counsel; a means; money; a... |
| 3 | English | raid | A quick hostile or predatory incursion or... |
| 4 | Scots | raid | raid |
| 5 | Middle English | rade | quick, fast, speedy; rash, hasty, angry; eager |
| 6 | Old English | rād | road; riding, hostile incursion; riding, road |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | raidu | riding, ride |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | raidō | ride, journey; name of the R-rune |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Swedish törnskata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | törnskata | red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) |
| 2 | Swedish | törne | thorn |
| 3 | Hungarian | törik | to break; third-person plural indicative present... |
| 4 | Hungarian | -ött | -ed, -t; in |
| 5 | Hungarian | -ö- | linking vowel |
| 6 | Hungarian | -d | your; Used in the second-person singular definite... |
| 7 | Middle Welsh | -nt | 3rd person plural verb ending |