Where does “kikkelihevi” come from?

kikkelihevi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kikkeli, from Finnish kikki, from English kick, from English kick the bucket, from English bucket, from Middle English boket, from Anglo-Norman buket, from Old French buc — young he-goat.

kikkelihevi (Finnish): power metal

Definitions

  1. power metal

Ancestry of “kikkelihevi”, step by step

kikkelihevi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kikkeli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkikkeliwilly, penis
2Finnishkikkimamma, breast, teat, nipple, udder
3EnglishkickTo strike or hit with the foot or other extremity...
4Englishkick the bucketTo die; Of a machine, to break down such that it...
5EnglishbucketA container made of rigid material, often with a...
6Middle Englishboketbucket
7Anglo-Normanbukettub, pail; bucket
8Old Frenchbucabdomen; object with a cavity; trunk, torso;...
9Latinbuccushe-goat
10Frankishbukkmale goat; buck, goat; buck, male goat
11Proto-Germanic*bukkaz
12Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰuǵ-buck, he-goat
13Proto-North CaucasianbVχc̣V
14Proto-North CaucasianbVc̣Vyoung he-goat

via Finnish hevi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishheviheavy metal
Every word from Proto-North Caucasian bVc̣VEvery word from Proto-North Caucasian bVχc̣VEvery word from Proto-Indo-European bʰuǵ-