girun

Romansch

Etymology

Deverbal from girar, due to their circling flight behavior.[1]

Noun

girun m (plural giruns)

  1. buzzard (Buteo spp.)
  2. falcon
  3. (Puter, Vallader) bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus)

References

  1. ^ Iliescu, Maria (1978), Les ornithonymes en rhéto-roman, Revue de Linguistique Romane 42, 355—383.
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