Kafka

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • Franz Kafka (1883–1924), a German-language writer from Prague.

Origin

  • From German Kafka, from Czech German Kavka, from either Upper Sorbian or Lower Sorbian, which are ultimately from the imitative Proto-Slavic *kavъka. Compare Polish kawka ("jackdaw"), Czech kavka ("jackdaw"), Slovene kávka ("jackdaw").

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