Where does “sýkora” come from?

sýkora (Czech) comes from Proto-Slavic sykora, from Proto-Slavic sykati — to hiss.

sýkora (Czech): tit

Definitions

  1. tit

Ancestry of “sýkora”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicsykoratit (bird of the family Paridae)
2Proto-Slavicsykatito hiss
Every word from Proto-Slavic sykati →Every word from Proto-Slavic sykora →