Where does “kanankakka” come from?

kanankakka (Finnish) comes from Finnish kakka, from Old Swedish kaka, from Old Norse kaka, from Proto-Germanic kakǭ, from Proto-Indo-European gōg- — round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump.

kanankakka (Finnish): chicken manure

Definitions

  1. chicken manure

Ancestry of “kanankakka”, step by step

kanankakka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kakka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkakkapoo
2Old Swedishkakacake
3Old Norsekakacake
4Proto-Germanickakǭcake
5Proto-Indo-Europeangōg-round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump

via Finnish kana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkanachicken; hen; gallinaceous
2Japanese仮名a category of Japanese syllabary scripts: kana; a...
3Japanese名name; reputation; famous, great, noted
4Middle Chinese名name
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gōg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kakǭ →Every word from Old Norse kaka →