Where does “kanja” come from?
kanja (Lower Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic *kaňa, from Proto-Indo-European kōnyā.
kanja (Lower Sorbian): marsh harrier
Ancestry of “kanja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | *kaňa | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | kōnyā | — |