Where does “töyhtökäki” come from?

töyhtökäki (Finnish) comes from Finnish käki, from Japanese 柿, from Old Japanese 柿.

töyhtökäki (Finnish): any bird of the genus Clamator

Definitions

  1. any bird of the genus Clamator

Ancestry of “töyhtökäki”, step by step

töyhtökäki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäkicuckoo
2Japanese柿a persimmon, especially the Japanese persimmon;...
3Old Japanese柿—

via Finnish töyhtö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtöyhtöcrest, tuft; plume
Every word from Old Japanese 柿 →