Where does “פּאָפּוגײַ” come from?
פּאָפּוגײַ (Yiddish) 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.
פּאָפּוגײַ (Yiddish): parrot
Definitions
- parrot
Ancestry of “פּאָפּוגײַ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | попуга́й | parrot (bird) |
| 2 | Dutch | papegaai | parrot, member of the order Psittaciformes,... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | papegay | — |
| 4 | Old French | papegai | parrot |
| 5 | Old Spanish | papagayo | — |
| 6 | Greek | παπαγάλος | parrot; a person who repeats uncritically what... |
| 7 | Italian | pappagallo | parrot; wolf; a person repeating others' words... |
| 8 | Byzantine Greek | παπαγᾶς | — |
| 9 | Arabic | بَبَغَاء | — |