Maschile

gavião

Senso (Inglese)

sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus

Frequenza

20k
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ɡa.viˈɐ̃w̃/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese gavian, of uncertain origin. Possible etymologies include: * From Latin gāvia (“kind of bird; seagull”), with the suffix -ão, or possibly through a Vulgar Latin *gavianus (compare Italian gabbiano); compare gaivota from the same etymon; * From Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌰 (*gabila, “sparrow hawk”), which would be related to Proto-West Germanic *gabulu. Cognate with Galician gabián, Mirandese gabilan and Spanish gavilán.

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