Where does “чукоглава чапла” come from?

чукоглава чапла (Bulgarian) comes from Bulgarian чапла, from Proto-Slavic čapľa, from Proto-Slavic čapja, from Proto-Slavic čapati — to seize, to pick.

чукоглава чапла (Bulgarian): hammerkop wading bird of family

Definitions

  1. hammerkop wading bird of family

Ancestry of “чукоглава чапла”, step by step

чукоглава чапла traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bulgarian чапла

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianчаплаheron, egret
2Proto-Slavicčapľaheron
3Proto-Slavicčapja—
4Proto-Slavicčapatito seize, to pick

via Bulgarian чукогла́в

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianчукогла́в—
Every word from Proto-Slavic čapati →Every word from Proto-Slavic čapja →Every word from Proto-Slavic čapľa →