Where does “papagájok” come from?
papagájok (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian papagáj, from German Papagei, from Middle High German papegei, from Old French papegai, from Old Spanish papagayo, from Greek παπαγάλος, from Italian pappagallo, from Byzantine Greek παπαγᾶς.
papagájok (Hungarian): nominative plural of papagáj
Definitions
- nominative plural of papagáj
Ancestry of “papagájok”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | papagáj | parrot |
| 2 | German | Papagei | parrot |
| 3 | Middle High German | papegei | — |
| 4 | Old French | papegai | parrot |
| 5 | Old Spanish | papagayo | — |
| 6 | Greek | παπαγάλος | parrot; a person who repeats uncritically what... |
| 7 | Italian | pappagallo | parrot; wolf; a person repeating others' words... |
| 8 | Byzantine Greek | παπαγᾶς | — |
| 9 | Arabic | بَبَغَاء | — |