Where does “дъждосвирец” come from?

дъждосвирец (Bulgarian) comes from Bulgarian свирец, from Bulgarian -ец, from Old Church Slavonic -ьць, from Proto-Slavic -ьcь, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.

дъждосвирец (Bulgarian): plover, dotterel shorebird of family

Definitions

  1. plover, dotterel shorebird of family

Ancestry of “дъждосвирец”, step by step

дъждосвирец traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bulgarian свирец

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianсвирецpiper, music player
2Bulgarian-ецForms diminutives of masculine nouns
3Old Church Slavonic-ьцьdiminutive, small
4Proto-Slavic-ьcьForms diminutives from nouns; Forms nouns from...
5Lithuanian-ikas—
6Proto-Indo-European-iḱos-y, -ic

via Bulgarian дъжд

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianдъждrain, shower
2Proto-Slavicdъždžьrain
3Proto-Indo-Europeandus-dyu-bad sky
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьcь →Every word from Bulgarian -ец →