northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) · any bird of the Vanellus subfamily of medium-sized wading birds belonging to the family Charadriidae · a type of ultralight airplane, Platzer Kiebitz
köken: From Middle High German *kibitz, a Central German byform of gībitz(e), whence Bavarian Geibitz. Further cognate with Middle Low German kī̆vit, kī̆wit. All ultimately onomatopoeic.
köken: From espía + -ar, or from Vulgar Latin *spiāre, from Gothic or Frankish *spehōn, from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to see, look”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”).
köken: From nevastă + -uică, probably based on a superstitious euphemism. Calque of Bulgarian невестулка (nevestulka), Ottoman Turkish كلینجك (gelincik) or Greek νυφίτσα (nyfítsa). Similar words can also be found throughout the Mediterranean: Italian donnola, Portuguese doninha, Spanish comadreja.