Where does “helttakurki” come from?

helttakurki (Finnish) comes from Finnish kurki, from Proto-Finnic kurki, from Proto-Uralic kurke — crane.

helttakurki (Finnish): wattled crane

Definitions

  1. wattled crane

Ancestry of “helttakurki”, step by step

helttakurki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kurki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkurkicrane, "Grus grus"; Any bird of the family...
2Proto-Finnickurkicrane
3Proto-Uralickurkecrane

via Finnish heltta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhelttawattle; snood; gill, lamella
Every word from Proto-Uralic kurke →Every word from Proto-Finnic kurki →Every word from Finnish kurki →