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Where does “пеликан” come from?

пеликан (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Pelikan, from Middle High German pellicān, from Latin pelicānus,pelecānus, from Ancient Greek πελεκάν, from Ancient Greek πέλεκυς — two-edged axe for felling trees; battle axe,...

пеликан (Serbo-Croatian): pelican

Definitions

  1. pelican

Ancestry of “пеликан”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPelikanpelican
2Middle High Germanpellicān—
3Latinpelicānus,pelecānus—
4Ancient Greekπελεκάνpelican
5Ancient Greekπέλεκυςtwo-edged axe for felling trees; battle axe,...
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