Where does “kuropatka” come from?

kuropatka (Ingrian) comes from Russian куропатка, from Old East Slavic *куропътъка, from Proto-Slavic *kuropъtъka, from Proto-Slavic kuropъty — partridge.

kuropatka (Ingrian): partridge

Definitions

  1. partridge

Ancestry of “kuropatka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianкуропаткаpartridge
2Old East Slavic*куропътъка—
3Proto-Slavic*kuropъtъkapartridge
4Proto-Slavickuropъtypartridge
Every word from Proto-Slavic kuropъty →Every word from Proto-Slavic *kuropъtъka →Every word from Old East Slavic *куропътъка →