Where does “paunica” come from?

paunica (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian pȁūn, from Italian pavone, from Spanish pavón, from Latin pāvōnem.

paunica (Serbo-Croatian): peahen

Definitions

  1. peahen

Ancestry of “paunica”, step by step

paunica traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian pȁūn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianpȁūnpeacock
2Italianpavonepeacock, peafowl
3Spanishpavónpeacock; moth of the genus Saturnia
4Latinpāvōnem—

via Romanian păun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpăunpeacock
Every word from Latin pāvōnem →Every word from Spanish pavón →Every word from Italian pavone →