Where does “cucuviță” come from?

cucuviță (Romanian) comes from Romanian bufniță, from Romanian bufnă, from Romanian buf, from Latin bufus — owl.

cucuviță (Romanian): Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo)

Definitions

  1. Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo)

Ancestry of “cucuviță”, step by step

cucuviță traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian bufniță

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianbufnițăowl any bird of the order
2Romanianbufnăowl
3Romanianbufowl
4Latinbufusowl

via Romanian cucuvea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniancucuvealittle owl
2Greekκουκουβάγιαowl
Every word from Latin bufus →Every word from Romanian buf →Every word from Romanian bufnă →
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