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Where does “Sykora” come from?

Sykora (English) comes from Czech Sýkora, from Proto-Slavic sykora, from Proto-Slavic sykati — to hiss.

Ancestry of “Sykora”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CzechSýkora—
2Proto-Slavicsykora—
3Proto-Slavicsykatito hiss
Every word from Proto-Slavic sykati →