Where does “neitokakadu” come from?

neitokakadu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kakadu, from German Kakadu, from Dutch kaketoe, from Malay kakaktua, from Malay tua, from Classical Malay tua, from Malay tuha, from Proto-Malayic tuha — old.

neitokakadu (Finnish): cockatiel

Definitions

  1. cockatiel

Ancestry of “neitokakadu”, step by step

neitokakadu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kakadu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkakaducockatoo; corella
2GermanKakaducockatoo
3Dutchkaketoecockatoo, parrot of the family Cacatuidae
4Malaykakaktuacockatoo; pincers
5Malaytuaold; ripe
6Classical Malaytuaold; ripe
7MalaytuhaObsolete form of tua
8Proto-Malayictuha—
9Proto-Malayo-Chamictuha—
10Proto-Malayo-Sumbawantuha—
11Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)tuqahold
12Proto-Austronesian(ma-)tuqaSold

via Finnish neito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishneitomaiden, maid; nigella
Every word from Proto-Austronesian (ma-)tuqaS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)tuqah →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan tuha →