Where does “kyssäkurki” come from?

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

kyssäkurki (Finnish): trumpeter; gray-winged trumpeter, "Psophia...

Definitions

  1. trumpeter; gray-winged trumpeter, "Psophia...

Ancestry of “kyssäkurki”, step by step

kyssäkurki 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 kyssä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkyssähump
Every word from Proto-Uralic kurke →Every word from Proto-Finnic kurki →Every word from Finnish kurki →