Where does “žaba” come from?

žaba (Upper Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic žàba, from Proto-Slavic žěba — chaffinch.

žaba (Upper Sorbian): frog

Definitions

  1. frog

Ancestry of “žaba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicžàbafrog, toad
2Proto-Slavicžěbachaffinch
Every word from Proto-Slavic žěba →Every word from Proto-Slavic žàba →