jarzębina

jarzębina = rowan tree, rowanberry in Polish

The word “jarzębina” comes from the Proto-Slavic *arębina (rowan) which in turn comes from *arębъ (partridge). Rowanberries were used to catch birds.
The proper botanical name for “rowan tree” in Polish is “jarząb” which in Old Polish meant “partridge”.

Rowan tree in other Slavic languages:
рабіна {rabina} in Belarusian
рябина {rjabina} in Russian & Bulgarian
горобина {horobyna} in Ukrainian
јарeбика {jarebika} in Serbian
jarebika in Croatian
jerebina / jerebika in Slovene
jeřabina in Czech
jarabina in Slovak
jeŕebina, heŕebina in Lower Sorbian
wjerjebina in Upper Sorbian

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