Etymology

Sova

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Today it means: A surname from Czech. Full definition →

Czech sova ← Slovak sova ← Serbo-Croatian sova
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The story

  1. Polish · derived fromSowa
  2. Slovene · derived fromsova“owl”
  3. Serbo-Croatian · derived fromsova“owl”
  4. Slovak · derived fromsova“owl”
  5. Czech · derived fromsova“owl”
  6. English todaySova

From Czech sova (“owl”), Slovak sova (“owl”), Serbo-Croatian sova (“owl”), Slovene sova (“owl”), or a respelling of Polish Sowa.

Words from the same roots

PolishSowa all →

Sowa

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