Where does “turkestantörnskata” come from?
turkestantörnskata (Swedish) comes from English Turkestan, from Persian ترکستان, from Persian ـستان, from Middle Persian -stʾn', from Proto-Indo-Iranian stáHnam, from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂-no-m, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.
turkestantörnskata (Swedish): red-tailed shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides)
Definitions
- red-tailed shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides)
Ancestry of “turkestantörnskata”, step by step
turkestantörnskata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Turkestan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Turkestan | The regions of Central Asia lying between Siberia to the north; Tibet (Xizang) and Xinjiang, China, modern-day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran to the south; the Gobi Desert to the east; and the Caspian Sea to the west |
| 2 | Persian | ترکستان | — |
| 3 | Persian | ـستان | -istan, -estan, -stan |
| 4 | Middle Persian | -stʾn' | makes nouns of places; of indeterminate function |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | stáHnam | the act of standing; position, location, place |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | stéh₂-no-m | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |
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 |