Where does “indiansidensvans” come from?

indiansidensvans (Swedish) comes from Swedish sidensvans, from Swedish svans, from Middle Low German swans.

indiansidensvans (Swedish): cedar waxwing, (Bombycilla cedrorum)

Definitions

  1. cedar waxwing, (Bombycilla cedrorum)

Ancestry of “indiansidensvans”, step by step

indiansidensvans traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish sidensvans

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsidensvansa waxwing (songbird of genus Bombycilla), especially the Bohemian waxwing, Bombycilla garrulus
2Swedishsvanstail
3Middle Low Germanswans—

via Swedish indian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishindianIndian, American Indian member of one of the indigenous peoples of the Americas
2SpanishindianoIndian; having returned to Europe from the...
Every word from Middle Low German swans →Every word from Swedish svans →Every word from Swedish sidensvans →
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