vālodze

Alternative forms
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Etymology
The origin of this word is unclear. Some link it to 🇨🇬, and sometimes even further to 🇨🇬. Others, given the existence of Germanic, Slavic, and Baltic reflexes, reconstruct it to 🇨🇬. The most likely connection is perhaps with the adjective, since this bird is traditionally considered to announce the coming of rain; in this case, one might propose that comes from , a metathesized version of ; cf. the placename. Cognates include 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, ), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,.

Noun

 * 1) oriole various colorful birds of the family, especially