Where does “kukkuja” come from?

kukkuja (Finnish) comes from Finnish kukkua, from Proto-Finnic kukkudak — to cuckoo.

kukkuja (Finnish): that which cuckoos

Definitions

  1. that which cuckoos

Ancestry of “kukkuja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkukkuaTo cuckoo; To stay awake late
2Proto-Finnickukkudakto cuckoo

Words derived from “kukkuja”

Every word from Proto-Finnic kukkudak →Every word from Finnish kukkua →
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