Where does “popugai” come from?
popugai (Veps) comes from Russian попуга́й, from Dutch papegaai, from Middle Dutch papegay, from Old French papegai, from Old Spanish papagayo, from Greek παπαγάλος, from Italian pappagallo, from Byzantine Greek παπαγᾶς.
popugai (Veps): parrot
Ancestry of “popugai”, step by step