Where does “aasiankukaali” come from?

aasiankukaali (Finnish) comes from Finnish Aasia, from Latin Āsia, from Ancient Greek Ἀσία, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊, from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿 — northwest Anatolia.

aasiankukaali (Finnish): greater coucal, "Centropus sinensis"

Definitions

  1. greater coucal, "Centropus sinensis"

Ancestry of “aasiankukaali”, step by step

aasiankukaali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Aasia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishAasiaof Asia; Asia; Asian
2LatinĀsiaA kind of rye
3Ancient GreekἈσίαAsia Minor; Asia; Asia
4Mycenaean Greek𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊an ethnonym for a Lydian; an epithet of the...
5Hittite𒀸𒋗𒉿northwest Anatolia

via Finnish kukaali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkukaalicoucal
2EnglishcoucalAny bird of the genus "Centropus" in the cuckoo...
Every word from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿Every word from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊Every word from Ancient Greek Ἀσία
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