Where does “куруппааскы” come from?
куруппааскы (Yakut) comes from Russian куропатка, from Old East Slavic *куропътъка, from Proto-Slavic *kuropъtъka, from Proto-Slavic kuropъty — partridge.
куруппааскы (Yakut): partridge
Definitions
- partridge
Ancestry of “куруппааскы”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | куропатка | partridge |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | *куропътъка | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | *kuropъtъka | partridge |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | kuropъty | partridge |