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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA surname from German. · Franz Kafka (1883–1924), a German-language writer from Prague.
Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *kàva Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂ Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀder. Proto-Slavic *-ъka Proto-Slavic *kavъkader. Sorbiander. German Kavka German Kafkabor. English Kafka From German Kafka, from Czech German Kavka (“jackdaw”), from either Upper Sorbian or Lower Sorbian, which are ultimately from the Proto-Slavic *kavъka, imitating the call of a jackdaw. Compare Polish kawka, Czech kavka, Slovene kávka, all meaning “jackdaw”.
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