πτηνό

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Greek

Etymology

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From Ancient Greek πτηνός (ptēnós, flying, winged creature, bird), from Koine Greek ἵπταμαι (híptamai, to fly), a form of πέτομαι (pétomai) from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (to fly).
Beware Slavic false cognates such as Bulgarian пти́ца (ptíca), Macedonian птица (ptica), Russian пти́ца (ptíca), Serbo-Croatian пти̏ца/ptȉca, Ukrainian пти́ця (ptýcja), all meaning bird from Proto-Slavic *pъtica. True cognates are Old English feþer (English feather), Latin petō, Russian перо́ (peró), Sanskrit पतति (pátati), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬙𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (pataiti), Old Armenian թիռ (tʻiṙ).

Noun

πτηνό (ptinón (plural πτηνά)

  1. bird

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