Where does “sýkorka” come from?

sýkorka (Slovak) comes from Proto-Slavic sykora, from Proto-Slavic sykati — to hiss.

sýkorka (Slovak): tit bird

Definitions

  1. tit bird

Ancestry of “sýkorka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicsykoratit (bird of the family Paridae)
2Proto-Slavicsykatito hiss
Every word from Proto-Slavic sykati →Every word from Proto-Slavic sykora →