Where does “цаплꙗ” come from?
цаплꙗ (Old Novgorodian) comes from Proto-Slavic čapľa, from Proto-Slavic čapja, from Proto-Slavic čapati — to seize, to pick.
Ancestry of “цаплꙗ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Slavic | čapľa | heron |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | čapja | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | čapati | to seize, to pick |