Where does “papagaj” come from?

papagaj (Upper Sorbian) comes from German Papagei, from Middle High German papegei, from Old French papegai, from Old Spanish papagayo, from Greek παπαγάλος, from Italian pappagallo, from Byzantine Greek παπαγᾶς, from Arabic بَبَغَاء.

papagaj (Upper Sorbian): parrot

Definitions

  1. parrot

Ancestry of “papagaj”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPapageiparrot
2Middle High Germanpapegei
3Old Frenchpapegaiparrot
4Old Spanishpapagayo
5Greekπαπαγάλοςparrot; a person who repeats uncritically what...
6Italianpappagalloparrot; wolf; a person repeating others' words...
7Byzantine Greekπαπαγᾶς
8Arabicبَبَغَاء
Every word from Arabic بَبَغَاءEvery word from Byzantine Greek παπαγᾶςEvery word from Italian pappagallo