The story
From Afrikaans piet-my-vrou, literally ‘Peter my wife’, supposed representation of the bird’s call.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
piet-my-vrou
Today it means: A red-chested cuckoo, of species Cuculus solitarus. Full definition →
Today it means: A red-chested cuckoo, of species Cuculus solitarus. Full definition →
From Afrikaans piet-my-vrou, literally ‘Peter my wife’, supposed representation of the bird’s call.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.