Where does “kuċċarda prima” come from?

kuċċarda prima (Maltese) comes from Maltese kuċċarda, from Sicilian cucciarda.

kuċċarda prima (Maltese): common buzzard (Buteo buteo)

Definitions

  1. common buzzard (Buteo buteo)

Ancestry of “kuċċarda prima”, step by step

kuċċarda prima traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Maltese kuċċarda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MaltesekuċċardaEuropean honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus)
2Siciliancucciarda—

via Maltese prima

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malteseprima—
Every word from Sicilian cucciarda →Every word from Maltese kuċċarda →
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