Where does “Czapla” come from?

Czapla (Polish) comes from Old Polish czapla, from Proto-Slavic čapľa, from Proto-Slavic čapja, from Proto-Slavic čapati — to seize, to pick.

Czapla (Polish): heron

Definitions

  1. heron

Ancestry of “Czapla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishczaplagrey heron
2Proto-Slavicčapľaheron
3Proto-Slavicčapja—
4Proto-Slavicčapatito seize, to pick

Words derived from “Czapla”

Every word from Proto-Slavic čapati →Every word from Proto-Slavic čapja →Every word from Proto-Slavic čapľa →