Where does “куропатка” come from?

куропатка (Russian) comes from Old East Slavic *куропътъка, from Proto-Slavic *kuropъtъka, from Proto-Slavic kuropъty — partridge.

куропатка (Russian): partridge

Definitions

  1. partridge

Ancestry of “куропатка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavic*куропътъка—
2Proto-Slavic*kuropъtъkapartridge
3Proto-Slavickuropъtypartridge

Words derived from “куропатка”

Every word from Proto-Slavic kuropъty →Every word from Proto-Slavic *kuropъtъka →Every word from Old East Slavic *куропътъка →