Where does “žaba” come from?

žaba (Lower Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic žaba, from Proto-Slavic žěba — chaffinch.

žaba (Lower Sorbian): frog

Definitions

  1. frog

Ancestry of “žaba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicžabafrog, toad
2Proto-Slavicžěbachaffinch
Every word from Proto-Slavic žěba →Every word from Proto-Slavic žaba →
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