Where does “australiankurki” come from?

australiankurki (Finnish) comes from Finnish Australia, from Latin australis, from Latin auster, from Proto-Italic *austeros.

australiankurki (Finnish): brolga, "Grus rubicunda"

Definitions

  1. brolga, "Grus rubicunda"

Ancestry of “australiankurki”, step by step

australiankurki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Australia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishAustralia—
2Latinaustralissouthern; Australian; the south pole
3LatinausterThe south wind; south
4Proto-Italic*austeros—

via Finnish kurki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkurkicrane, "Grus grus"; Any bird of the family...
2Proto-Finnickurkicrane
3Proto-Uralickurkecrane
Every word from Proto-Italic *austeros →Every word from Latin auster →Every word from Latin australis →