Where does “käenpesä” come from?

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

käenpesä (Finnish): cuckoo's nest

Definitions

  1. cuckoo's nest

Ancestry of “käenpesä”, step by step

käenpesä 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 pesä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpesänest; den; hive
2Proto-Finnicpesänest
3Proto-Uralicpesänest
Every word from Old Japanese 柿 →Every word from Japanese 柿 →Every word from Finnish käki →