Where does “hopeakurki” come from?

hopeakurki (Finnish) comes from Finnish hopea, from Proto-Finnic hopeda, from Proto-Germanic samftijaz.

hopeakurki (Finnish): blue crane

Definitions

  1. blue crane

Ancestry of “hopeakurki”, step by step

hopeakurki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hopea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhopeasilver
2Proto-Finnichopedasilver; soft
3Proto-Germanicsamftijaz—

via Finnish kurki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkurkicrane, "Grus grus"; Any bird of the family...
2Proto-Finnickurkicrane
3Proto-Uralickurkecrane
Every word from Proto-Germanic samftijaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic hopeda →Every word from Finnish hopea →