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Number: 2213
Root: u̯ortoko-
English meaning: quail
German meaning: `Wachtel'
Material: Ai. vartaka- m., vártikā f. `Wachtel'; gr. ὄρτυξ, -υγος, bei Gramm. auch -υκος und mit -ῡ-, bei Hes. γόρτυξ, d. i. όρτυξ `Wachtel', dessen Ausgang nach ἴβυξ, βαι̃βυξ, -υκος, κόκκῡξ, -ῡγος (und πτέρυξ, -υγος?) umgestaltet ist; ion. ᾽Ορτυγίη `Delos' (`Wachtelinsel').
References: WP. I 316.
Pages: 1180
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *wort-Vk- (Gr w-)
Meaning: quail
Old Indian: vartaka- m., vartikā f. `quail'
Old Greek: órtüks, -ügos m., wórtük-s <górtüks> (Hsch.) `Wachtel, Coturnis vulgaris'
Russ. meaning: птица (перепелка)
References: WP I 316
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