Where does “ча̏пља” come from?

ча̏пља (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic čapľa, from Proto-Slavic čapja, from Proto-Slavic čapati — to seize, to pick.

ча̏пља (Serbo-Croatian): heron

Definitions

  1. heron

Ancestry of “ча̏пља”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicčapľaheron
2Proto-Slavicčapja—
3Proto-Slavicčapatito seize, to pick

Words derived from “ча̏пља”

Every word from Proto-Slavic čapati →Every word from Proto-Slavic čapja →Every word from Proto-Slavic čapľa →