Where does “halvány kakukk” come from?

halvány kakukk (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian halvány, from Hungarian hál, from Proto-Uralic kale- — to die.

halvány kakukk (Hungarian): pallid cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus)

Definitions

  1. pallid cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus)

Ancestry of “halvány kakukk”, step by step

halvány kakukk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian halvány

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianhalványfaint
2Hungarianhálto sleep
3Proto-Uralickale-to die

via Hungarian kakukk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankakukkcuckoo, common cuckoo; cuckoo
Every word from Proto-Uralic kale- →Every word from Hungarian hál →Every word from Hungarian halvány →