Where does “alpkaja” come from?

alpkaja (Swedish) comes from Swedish kaja, from Low German cauwe, from Proto-Germanic *kahu, from Proto-Germanic kawō, from Proto-Indo-European gewH- — to call, name; to invoke, call on; to cry, cry...

alpkaja (Swedish): alpine chough, Pyrrhocorax graculus

Definitions

  1. alpine chough, Pyrrhocorax graculus

Ancestry of “alpkaja”, step by step

alpkaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish kaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkajaa jackdaw
2Low Germancauwe—
3Proto-Germanic*kahu—
4Proto-Germanickawō—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeangewH-to call, name; to invoke, call on; to cry, cry...

via Swedish alp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishalpalp; a mountain in the Alps
2Frenchalpesplural of alpe
3LatinAlpēswith adjective a particular portion of the Alps
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gewH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kawō →Every word from Proto-Germanic *kahu →