Where does “kurki” come from?

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

kurki (Finnish): crane, "Grus grus"; Any bird of the family...

Definitions

  1. crane, "Grus grus"; Any bird of the family...

Ancestry of “kurki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickurkicrane
2Proto-Uralickurkecrane

Words derived from “kurki”

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