Where does “papagáj” come from?
papagáj (Slovak) comes from German Papagei, from Middle High German papegei, from Old French papegai, from Old Spanish papagayo, from Greek παπαγάλος, from Italian pappagallo, from Byzantine Greek παπαγᾶς, from Arabic بَبَغَاء.
papagáj (Slovak): a parrot
Ancestry of “papagáj”, step by step