Where does “ча́йка” come from?

ча́йка (Russian) comes from Proto-Slavic čajьka, from Proto-Slavic -ьka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ikaʔ, from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂.

ча́йка (Russian): seagull

Definitions

  1. seagull

Ancestry of “ча́йка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicčajьkagull
2Proto-Slavic-ьka—
3Proto-Balto-Slavic-ikaʔ—
4Proto-Indo-European-ikeh₂—

Words derived from “ча́йка”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьka →Every word from Proto-Slavic čajьka →