Where does “rukkirääk” come from?

rukkirääk (Estonian) comes from Estonian rukis, from Proto-Finnic rugis, from Proto-Germanic rugiz, from Proto-Indo-European wrugʰyo- — rye.

rukkirääk (Estonian): corncrake

Definitions

  1. corncrake

Ancestry of “rukkirääk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianrukisrye
2Proto-Finnicrugisrye
3Proto-Germanicrugizrye
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwrugʰyo-rye
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wrugʰyo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rugiz →Every word from Proto-Finnic rugis →