Where does “kanja” come from?

kanja (Lower Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic *kaňa, from Proto-Indo-European kōnyā.

kanja (Lower Sorbian): marsh harrier

Definitions

  1. marsh harrier

Ancestry of “kanja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*kaňaaccipitrid
2Proto-Indo-Europeankōnyā—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kōnyā →Every word from Proto-Slavic *kaňa →