kestrel

Signification (Anglais)

1. Any of various small falcons of the genus Falco that hover while hunting.
2. A common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus).

Concepts

crécerelle

faucon

faucon crécerelle

falco tinnunculus

falco sparverius

crécerelle d’amérique

crècerelle

crécerelle d’Amerique

buse

crécerelle americaine

épervier

m

Synonymes

sparrow hawk

American kestrel

hawk

Falco sparverius

Falco tinnunculus

falcon

buzzard

common kestrel

windhover

duck hawk

kes

harrier

merlin

peregrine falcon

Traductions

gheppio

xoriguer

cernícalo

Turmfalke

Falco tinnunculus

torenvalk

kerkenez

peneireiro

falcão

falcone

βραχοκιρκίνεζο

falco

شاهین

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkɛstɹəl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: castrel

Appartenant à français: crécerelle

Appartenant à napolitain: castariello

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: krahhōn

Appartenant à ancien anglais: cracian

Appartenant à français: craquer

In summary

From Middle English castrel (“staniel, bird of prey”), from Middle French cresserelle, crecerelle (“bird of prey”), usually assumed to be from crecelle (“rattle, wooden reel”) (modern crécelle), of obscure origin.
Cognates possibly include: Medieval Latin clisterella f, French crécerelle f and cristel m, Neapolitan castariello m and crestariello m, all sharing the same meaning.
Derivation from the assumed Vulgar Latin *crepicella, *crepitacillum, a diminutive of crepitāculum, from crepitāre (“to crackle”) is difficult to explain from a morphological point of view.
Instead, possibly from a root *krek-, *krak- (“to crack, rattle, creak, emit a bird cry”), from Middle Dutch crāken (“to creak, crack”), from Old Dutch *krakōn (“to crack, creak, emit a cry”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, from Proto-Germanic *krakōną (“to emit a cry, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerg- (“to shout”). Cognate with Old High German krahhōn (“to make a sound, crash”), Old English cracian (“to resound”), French craquer (“to emit a repeated cry, used of birds”). More at creak, crack.