Where does “amerikankäki” come from?
amerikankäki (Finnish) comes from Finnish Amerikka, from Russian Америка, from New Latin America, from Italian Amerigo, from Proto-Germanic *Amalarīks, from Proto-Germanic Haimarīks, from Proto-Germanic rīks, from Proto-Celtic rīxs — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
amerikankäki (Finnish): yellow-billed cuckoo, "Coccyzus americanus"
Definitions
- yellow-billed cuckoo, "Coccyzus americanus"
Ancestry of “amerikankäki”, step by step