Where does “pcołka” come from?

pcołka (Lower Sorbian) comes from Lower Sorbian pcoła, from Proto-Slavic bьčela, from Proto-Slavic bučati — to roar, to drone, to clatter.

pcołka (Lower Sorbian): bee

Definitions

  1. bee

Ancestry of “pcołka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Sorbianpcoła—
2Proto-Slavicbьčelabee
3Proto-Slavicbučatito roar, to drone, to clatter
Every word from Proto-Slavic bučati →Every word from Proto-Slavic bьčela →Every word from Lower Sorbian pcoła →