Where does “käenpiika” come from?

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

käenpiika (Finnish): wryneck

Definitions

  1. wryneck

Ancestry of “käenpiika”, step by step

käenpiika 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 piika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpiikamaid; girl; a girlchild
Every word from Old Japanese 柿 →Every word from Japanese 柿 →Every word from Finnish käki →