Where does “juoksukäki” come from?
juoksukäki (Finnish) comes from Finnish juoksu, from Finnish juosta, from Proto-Finnic joostak, from Proto-Uralic jokse-.
juoksukäki (Finnish): roadrunner
Ancestry of “juoksukäki”, step by step
juoksukäki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish juoksu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | juoksu | run; running; plate, wall plate |
| 2 | Finnish | juosta | to run; to flow |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | joostak | to run, to flow |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | jokse- | — |
via Finnish käki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | käki | cuckoo |
| 2 | Japanese | 柿 | a persimmon, especially the Japanese persimmon;... |
| 3 | Old Japanese | 柿 | — |
Words derived from “juoksukäki”