Where does “papegoja” come from?

papegoja (Swedish) comes from Old French papegai, from Old Spanish papagayo, from Greek παπαγάλος, from Italian pappagallo, from Byzantine Greek παπαγᾶς, from Arabic بَبَغَاء.

papegoja (Swedish): a parrot

Definitions

  1. a parrot

Ancestry of “papegoja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpapegaiparrot
2Old Spanishpapagayo—
3Greekπαπαγάλοςparrot; a person who repeats uncritically what...
4Italianpappagalloparrot; wolf; a person repeating others' words...
5Byzantine Greekπαπαγᾶς—
6Arabicبَبَغَاء—

Words derived from “papegoja”

Every word from Arabic بَبَغَاء →Every word from Byzantine Greek παπαγᾶς →Every word from Italian pappagallo →