Where does “valkokakadu” come from?
valkokakadu (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.
valkokakadu (Finnish): white cockatoo, Cacatua alba
Definitions
- white cockatoo, Cacatua alba
Ancestry of “valkokakadu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kakadu | cockatoo; corella |
| 2 | German | Kakadu | cockatoo |
| 3 | Dutch | kaketoe | cockatoo, parrot of the family Cacatuidae |
| 4 | Malay | kakaktua | cockatoo; pincers |
| 5 | Malay | tua | old; ripe |
| 6 | Classical Malay | tua | old; ripe |
| 7 | Malay | tuha | Obsolete form of tua |
| 8 | Proto-Malayic | tuha | — |
| 9 | Proto-Malayo-Chamic | tuha | — |
| 10 | Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan | tuha | — |
| 11 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | (ma-)tuqah | old |
| 12 | Proto-Austronesian | (ma-)tuqaS | old |