The Russian name is kite, korshak; Ukrainian , Bulgarian - kite, Korkun; Slovak krsak, krso - kite; Estonian harksaba - a kite, most likely, ascending to the Avesta khun - kahrkasa "kite" and, like the names of other predators, containing the root * or (ar, er).
It is possible that the word kite is the result of the vowing of the similar name of the bird of prey Krachun, cited by V. I. Dahlem (1882) (without explaining the source of borrowing and etymology), as “an overseas bird of prey Circeötus (serpent) close to eagles, feeds on reptiles”. It is important to note that the kite and the snake eater are quite similar in appearance, have wings of similar size and shape, as well as a similar food spectrum.
Similar words exist in Turkic languages , since, for example, in Kazakh there is a similar word for “Karchaga” - in the sense of hawk, in the language of the Crimean Tatars Karchy - in the sense of a small eagle, in Tatar karchyga, in Teleut - karsiga, Chagat, Sagai - karciga, karsigai, - hawk [1] .
