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Where does “Curui” come from?
Curui (Romanian) comes from Romanian coroi, from Hungarian karvaly, from Proto-Turkic *kïrguy.
Ancestry of “Curui”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Romanian
coroi
sparrow hawk
2
Hungarian
karvaly
sparrow hawk
3
Proto-Turkic
*kïrguy
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