Where does “nälkäkurki” come from?

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

nälkäkurki (Finnish): lanky person

Definitions

  1. lanky person

Ancestry of “nälkäkurki”, step by step

nälkäkurki 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 nälkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnälkähunger; The expression "olla nälkä" translates...
2Proto-Finnicnälkähunger
3Proto-Uralicńäle-to swallow
Every word from Proto-Uralic kurke →Every word from Proto-Finnic kurki →Every word from Finnish kurki →