Where does “sookurg” come from?
sookurg (Estonian) comes from Estonian kurg, from Proto-Finnic kurki, from Proto-Uralic kurke — crane.
sookurg (Estonian): common crane
Ancestry of “sookurg”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Estonian | kurg | crane; stork |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kurki | crane |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | kurke | crane |