Where does “pupëz” come from?

pupëz (Albanian) comes from Albanian pupë, from Proto-Albanian pupā, from Proto-Indo-European pu-p- — to puff , swell.

pupëz (Albanian): hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Definitions

  1. hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Ancestry of “pupëz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianpupëbud, button, bunch (of grapes), tassel
2Proto-Albanianpupā—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpu-p-to puff , swell
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pu-p- →Every word from Proto-Albanian pupā →Every word from Albanian pupë →