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
Ancestry of “פּאָפּוגײַ”, step by step