Where does “kiharapelikaani” come from?

kiharapelikaani (Finnish) comes from Finnish pelikaani, from Swedish pelikan — pelican.

kiharapelikaani (Finnish): Dalmatian pelican, Pelecanus crispus

Definitions

  1. Dalmatian pelican, Pelecanus crispus

Ancestry of “kiharapelikaani”, step by step

kiharapelikaani traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pelikaani

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpelikaaniA pelican
2Swedishpelikanpelican

via Finnish kihara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiharacurly; complicated, difficult; curl
Every word from Swedish pelikan →Every word from Finnish pelikaani →