Where does “žołwja” come from?

žołwja (Upper Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic žely — tortoise.

žołwja (Upper Sorbian): turtle, tortoise

Definitions

  1. turtle, tortoise

Ancestry of “žołwja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicželytortoise
Every word from Proto-Slavic žely