/ˈɣɛi̯.tə(n)ˌmɛl.kər/eril
FELEMENKÇE → TR
Tanım
•synonym of nachtzwaluw (“Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)”)
Etimoloji
Compound of geit (“goat”) + -en- + melken (“to milk”) + -er, a calque of Latin caprimulgus meaning the same, which in turn represents a partial calque of Ancient Greek αἰγοθήλας (aigothḗlas). So named due to the ancient belief that nightjars stole milk from goats, a claim made in Historia animalium by Aristotle in the fourth century BC, repeated in Naturalis Historia by Pliny the Elder in the…