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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/perpelъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Has been compared to Lithuanian рíераlа, pùtpelė (quail), Latvian paipala (quail), Old Prussian penpalo (quail), Latin pāpiliō (butterfly, moth), Old English fīfealde (butterfly) and Old High German fîfaltra (butterfly).

Noun

*perpelъ m

  1. quail (bird)

Declension

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пе́репел”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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