Where does “prepelițoi” come from?

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

prepelițoi (Romanian): male quail

Definitions

  1. male quail

Ancestry of “prepelițoi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianprepelițăquail
2Serbo-Croatianprȅpelicaquail (Any of various small game birds of the family Phasianidae or of the family Odontophoridae)
3Proto-Slavicperpelъquail
Every word from Proto-Slavic perpelъ →Every word from Serbo-Croatian prȅpelica →Every word from Romanian prepeliță →