Where does “kurjenmiekka” come from?

kurjenmiekka (Finnish) comes from Finnish kurki, from Proto-Finnic kurki, from Proto-Uralic kurke — crane.

kurjenmiekka (Finnish): iris; yellow iris, yellow flag

Definitions

  1. iris; yellow iris, yellow flag

Ancestry of “kurjenmiekka”, step by step

kurjenmiekka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kurki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkurkicrane, "Grus grus"; Any bird of the family...
2Proto-Finnickurkicrane
3Proto-Uralickurkecrane

via Finnish miekka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiekkasword
2Proto-Finnicmeekkasword
3Proto-Germanicmēkijazsword

Words derived from “kurjenmiekka”

Every word from Proto-Uralic kurke →Every word from Proto-Finnic kurki →Every word from Finnish kurki →