Where does “valkoniskakäki” come from?

valkoniskakäki (Finnish) comes from Finnish niska, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

valkoniskakäki (Finnish): pallid cuckoo, Cacomantis pallidus

Definitions

  1. pallid cuckoo, Cacomantis pallidus

Ancestry of “valkoniskakäki”, step by step

valkoniskakäki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish niska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishniskanape, the back of the neck; a load bearing...
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish käki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäkicuckoo
2Japanese柿a persimmon, especially the Japanese persimmon;...
3Old Japanese柿—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →