Where does “אָרניטאָלאָגיסט” come from?
אָרניטאָלאָגיסט (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish אָרניטאָלאָגיע, from New Latin ornithologia, from Ancient Greek ὀρνιθολόγος, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
אָרניטאָלאָגיסט (Yiddish): ornithologist
Definitions
- ornithologist
Ancestry of “אָרניטאָלאָגיסט”, step by step
אָרניטאָלאָגיסט traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish אָרניטאָלאָגיע
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | אָרניטאָלאָגיע | ornithology |
| 2 | New Latin | ornithologia | ornithology |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὀρνιθολόγος | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὄρνις | bird; chicken |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via Yiddish ־סט
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | ־סט | Regular termination of the second-person singular... |