Where does “capla” come from?

capla (Lower Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic čapľa, from Proto-Slavic čapja, from Proto-Slavic čapati — to seize, to pick.

capla (Lower Sorbian): grey heron

Definitions

  1. grey heron

Ancestry of “capla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicčapľaheron
2Proto-Slavicčapja—
3Proto-Slavicčapatito seize, to pick

Words derived from “capla”

Every word from Proto-Slavic čapati →Every word from Proto-Slavic čapja →Every word from Proto-Slavic čapľa →