Where does “*куропътъка” come from?
*куропътъка (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic *kuropъtъka, from Proto-Slavic kuropъty — partridge.
Ancestry of “*куропътъка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | *kuropъtъka | partridge |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | kuropъty | partridge |