Where does “Heliornis” come from?

Heliornis (Translingual) comes from Ancient Greek Ἥλιος, from Ancient Greek τύπος, from Ancient Greek τύπτω, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewp-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- — to push, to hit.

Heliornis (Translingual): genus (Heliornis fulica)}}

Definitions

  1. genus (Heliornis fulica)}}

Ancestry of “Heliornis”, step by step

Heliornis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek Ἥλιος

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekἭλιοςsun
2Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
3Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
4Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
5Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit

via Ancient Greek ὄρνις

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekὄρνιςbird; chicken
2Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
3Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “Heliornis

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewp-Every word from Ancient Greek τύπτω