Where does “neitokurki” come from?

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

neitokurki (Finnish): demoiselle crane

Definitions

  1. demoiselle crane

Ancestry of “neitokurki”, step by step

neitokurki 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 neito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishneitomaiden, maid; nigella
Every word from Proto-Uralic kurke →Every word from Proto-Finnic kurki →Every word from Finnish kurki →