Where does “papegojalka” come from?
papegojalka (Swedish) comes from Swedish papegoja, from Old French papegai, from Old Spanish papagayo, from Greek παπαγάλος, from Italian pappagallo, from Byzantine Greek παπαγᾶς, from Arabic بَبَغَاء.
papegojalka (Swedish): a parakeet auklet (Aethia psittacula)
Definitions
- a parakeet auklet (Aethia psittacula)
Ancestry of “papegojalka”, step by step
papegojalka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.