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Cognate with Ancient Greekἐρῳδιός(erōidiós, “heron”) and Serbo-Croatianróda(“stork”), either from a Proto-Indo-European root or more likely a common Mediterranean substrate source, as suggested by the irregular vowel variation and the limited distribution of cognates.
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ardea”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 52
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐρῳδιός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 468–469