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
- power metal
Ancestry of “kikkelihevi”, step by step
kikkelihevi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kikkeli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kikkeli | willy, penis |
| 2 | Finnish | kikki | mamma, breast, teat, nipple, udder |
| 3 | English | kick | To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity... |
| 4 | English | kick the bucket | To die; Of a machine, to break down such that it... |
| 5 | English | bucket | A container made of rigid material, often with a... |
| 6 | Middle English | boket | bucket |
| 7 | Anglo-Norman | buket | tub, pail; bucket |
| 8 | Old French | buc | abdomen; object with a cavity; trunk, torso;... |
| 9 | Latin | buccus | he-goat |
| 10 | Frankish | bukk | male goat; buck, goat; buck, male goat |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | *bukkaz | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuǵ- | buck, he-goat |
| 13 | Proto-North Caucasian | bVχc̣V | — |
| 14 | Proto-North Caucasian | bVc̣V | young he-goat |
via Finnish hevi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hevi | heavy metal |