Etymology

Vrobel

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Slovak vrobel ← Lower Sorbian wrobel ← Upper Sorbian wrobl
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The story

  1. Proto-Slavic · derived from*vorbьľь
  2. Polish · derived fromwróbel
  3. Upper Sorbian · derived fromwrobl
  4. Lower Sorbian · derived fromwrobel
  5. Slovak · derived fromvrobel
  6. English todayVrobel

From a Slavic word meaning "sparrow", e.g. dialectal Czech or Slovak vrobel or vrobeľ, Lower Sorbian wrobel, Upper Sorbian wrobl, or Polish wróbel, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *vorbьľь.

Words from the same roots

Lower Sorbianwrobel all →

WrobelFrobel

Upper Sorbianwrobl all →

Frobel

Polishwróbel all →

FrobelVrubel

Proto-Slavic*vorbьľь all →

VrabelFrobelVrubel

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.