potârniche

Alternative forms




Etymology
. Compare 🇨🇬.

The oldest attested form may be (/pəturˈnike/ or in modernised spelling ), found as a surname in a document from Suceava dated to 1597. For the modern standard, note that /o/ can develop from /ə/ when preceded by a labial, as in , < ,  < ,. /ə/ in turn can develop from an older /e/ when preceded by a labial, as in, < ,  < ,. (From there also arose a variant .)

Noun



 * 1) partridge (a bird of the genera  or )