Where does “stokówka” come from?

stokówka (Polish) comes from Polish stok, from Polish stoczyć, from Polish toczyć, from Proto-Slavic točiti, from Proto-Slavic tekti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tektej, from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- — to run, to flow.

stokówka (Polish): any parakeet belonging to the genus Bolborhynchus or Psilopsiagon

Definitions

  1. any parakeet belonging to the genus Bolborhynchus or Psilopsiagon

Ancestry of “stokówka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishstokslope
2Polishstoczyćto roll downwards
3Polishtoczyćto roll; to turn; to carry on, to conduct
4Proto-Slavictočitito cause to flow, run
5Proto-Slavictektito run, to flow
6Proto-Balto-Slavictektej—
7Proto-Indo-Europeantekʷ-to run, to flow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic tektej →Every word from Proto-Slavic tekti →
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