Where does “грлица” come from?

грлица (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic *gъrdlica — turtle dove (bird).

грлица (Serbo-Croatian): turtle dove

Definitions

  1. turtle dove

Ancestry of “грлица”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*gъrdlicaturtle dove (bird)
Every word from Proto-Slavic *gъrdlica
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