Where does “kekokana” come from?
kekokana (Finnish) comes from Finnish kana, from Japanese 仮名, from Japanese 名, from Middle Chinese 名 — name.
kekokana (Finnish): Australian brushturkey (Alectura lathami)
Definitions
- Australian brushturkey (Alectura lathami)
Ancestry of “kekokana”, step by step
kekokana traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kana
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kana | chicken; hen; gallinaceous |
| 2 | Japanese | 仮名 | a category of Japanese syllabary scripts: kana; a... |
| 3 | Japanese | 名 | name; reputation; famous, great, noted |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 名 | name |
via Finnish keko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | keko | stack; anthill; heap |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | keko | stack (large pile of hay, grain, etc.) |