köken: Of uncertain origin. One possibility is a derivation from bisogne (“recruit, new soldier”), which was borrowed from Spanish and used from the mid-16th to early-17th century, and is still listed in some modern dictionaries as archaic, but this presents difficulties from a phonetic and chronological perspective. A second possibility is a loan from Franco-Provençal bésu (“inexperienced”) or the…
beast (non-human animal) · bug; minibeast · severely aggressive person
çekim: çoğul bichos
eş: fera
köken: From Vulgar Latin *bīstius, a masculine form of bīstia, from Latin bēstia (“beast”). Doublet of besta.
aile: bichão, bichinho, bicho de conta, bicho de conta-aquático, bicho de conta-do-mar, bicho de estimação, bicho de pelúcia, bicho de sete cabeças, bicho do mato, bicho-barbeiro
stork (any bird of the genus Ciconia) · stork (stork-shaped doll attached to the shaft of a sleigh and driven around by young people on Shrove Tuesday) · stork (mythical bringer of babies to families)
çekim: çoğul bociany · tamlayan bociana
eş: bociek, bocion, boción, bociun, bocan, bociąg
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *botati /*botěti Proto-Indo-European *-(e-)nós Proto-Slavic *-janъ ? Proto-Slavic *botьjanъ Old Polish bocian Polish bocian Inherited from Old Polish bocian.
köken: Compare Aromanian bardzu (“white (of horses and mules)”): both it and the Romanian word may derive from Proto-Albanian *bardza (“white”), akin to Albanian bardhë (“white”). Another theory suggests that its origin is a Vulgar Latin root *gardea, from Latin ardea (compare Spanish garza (“heron”), Portuguese garça, also French barge (“godwit”)). The confusion of g and b is somewhat unusual, but may…