köken: Just like its Latin (Upupa) and English names (hoopoe), the Swedish name originates from the sound of the bird, interpreted as "Upp! Upp! Upp! Ut! Ut!" (up, up, up, out, out), a sign of bad times of war and starvation. This gave the bird the name of oäringsfågel already in Medieval times, which later has turned into härfågel. Oäring being the negation (o-) of äring, a good year's harvest.
köken: Compare Megleno-Romanian pupează. Most likely an imitative substratum word, akin to Albanian pupëzë, or possibly derived from a root pupă (now found only in Aromanian), of onomatopoetic origin, with suffix -ză. Other languages show similar forms, compare Latin upupa, Sardinian pubùsa, pupùsa, French huppe, etc. The first part of the word has traditionally been linked to the Latin upupa, and it…