Where does “ovadí” come from?

ovadí (Slovak) comes from Slovak ovad, from Proto-Slavic ovadъ — biting insect (horsefly/stable fly/gadfly, hornet).

ovadí (Slovak): horsefly

Definitions

  1. horsefly

Ancestry of “ovadí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Slovakovadhorsefly of the genus Tabanus
2Proto-Slavicovadъbiting insect (horsefly/stable fly/gadfly, hornet)
Every word from Proto-Slavic ovadъ →Every word from Slovak ovad →