Where does “valkokupukyyhky” come from?

valkokupukyyhky (Finnish) comes from Finnish kupu, from Proto-Finnic kupu — crop, craw.

valkokupukyyhky (Finnish): white-bibbed fruit dove, Ptilinopus rivoli

Definitions

  1. white-bibbed fruit dove, Ptilinopus rivoli

Ancestry of “valkokupukyyhky”, step by step

valkokupukyyhky traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kupu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkupudome; canopy; crop, craw
2Proto-Finnickupucrop, craw

via Finnish kyyhky

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkyyhkypigeon, dove; pigeon; dove
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