Where does “kalkkunapyörykkä” come from?

kalkkunapyörykkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kalkkuna, from Dutch kalkoen, from Dutch Calcoen, from English Calicut, from Romanian -uț, from Latin -utus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

kalkkunapyörykkä (Finnish): turkey meatball

Definitions

  1. turkey meatball

Ancestry of “kalkkunapyörykkä”, step by step

kalkkunapyörykkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kalkkuna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalkkunaturkey, Meleagris gallopavo
2Dutchkalkoenturkey, "Meleagris gallopavo"
3DutchCalcoen
4EnglishCalicut
5Romanian-uțForms masculine diminutives of nouns and...
6Latin-utus
7Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
8Proto-Italic-tus
9Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Finnish pyörykkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyörykkäball
2Finnishpyöreäround; rounded, labial; rounded
3Finnishpyöräwheel; caster; Short for polkupyörä
4Proto-Finno-Ugric*pöörä
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus