papegai

Old French

Etymology

From Old Spanish papagayo, from Byzantine Greek παπαγάλος (papagálos), from Arabic بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ), of onomatopoeic origin.

Noun

papegai oblique singular, m (oblique plural papegais, nominative singular papegais, nominative plural papegai)

1. parrot

Descendants

• → Czech: papoušek (details unknown)
• → Middle Dutch: papegay
  • Dutch: papegaai, papagaai (misspelling), pappegaai, pappegaei, pappegaey, papegaei, papegaey (obsolete)
    • Afrikaans: papegaai
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: papkai
    • → Aukan: papakai
    • → Russian: попуга́й (popugáj)
      • → Ingrian: popugai
      • → Veps: popugai
      • → Yakut: попугай (popugay)
• → Middle English: popinjay
  • English: popinjay
• → Finnish: papukaija
• → Middle High German: papegei
  • German: Papagei
  • → Hungarian: papagáj
• → Middle Low German: papegoie
  • → Danish: papegøje
  • → Norwegian: papegøye
  • → Swedish: papegoja
• → Portuguese: papagaio
• → Northern Kurdish: papaxan

References

• papejei on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub