Where does “prepeliță” come from?

prepeliță (Romanian) comes from Serbo-Croatian prȅpelica, from Proto-Slavic perpelъ — quail.

prepeliță (Romanian): quail

Definitions

  1. quail

Ancestry of “prepeliță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianprȅpelicaquail (Any of various small game birds of the family Phasianidae or of the family Odontophoridae)
2Proto-Slavicperpelъquail

Words derived from “prepeliță”

Every word from Proto-Slavic perpelъ →Every word from Serbo-Croatian prȅpelica →
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