Where does “käenmuna” come from?

käenmuna (Finnish) comes from Finnish käki, from Japanese 柿, from Old Japanese 柿.

käenmuna (Finnish): cuckoo egg

Definitions

  1. cuckoo egg

Ancestry of “käenmuna”, step by step

käenmuna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäkicuckoo
2Japanese柿a persimmon, especially the Japanese persimmon;...
3Old Japanese柿—

via Finnish müŋä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmüŋäegg
Every word from Old Japanese 柿 →Every word from Japanese 柿 →Every word from Finnish käki →