Where does “kalkoen” come from?

kalkoen (Dutch) comes from Dutch Calcoen, from English Calicut, from Romanian -uț, from Latin -utus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

kalkoen (Dutch): turkey, "Meleagris gallopavo"

Definitions

  1. turkey, "Meleagris gallopavo"

Ancestry of “kalkoen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchCalcoen
2EnglishCalicut
3Romanian-uțForms masculine diminutives of nouns and...
4Latin-utus
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “kalkoen

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus
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