Where does “птица тъкачка” come from?

птица тъкачка (Bulgarian) comes from Bulgarian птица, from Old Church Slavonic пътица, from Proto-Slavic pъtica, from Proto-Slavic pъta, from Proto-Indo-European peth₂- — to spread out; to fly.

птица тъкачка (Bulgarian): weaverbird subtropical passerine bird of family

Definitions

  1. weaverbird subtropical passerine bird of family

Ancestry of “птица тъкачка”, step by step

птица тъкачка traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bulgarian птица

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianптицаbird, fowl
2Old Church Slavonicпътицаbird
3Proto-Slavicpъticabird
4Proto-Slavicpъtabird
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeth₂-to spread out; to fly

via Bulgarian тъка́чка

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianтъка́чка
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peth₂-