Where does “kiskakas” come from?

kiskakas (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kakas, from Proto-Slavic kokošь — hen.

kiskakas (Hungarian): cockerel

Definitions

  1. cockerel

Ancestry of “kiskakas”, step by step

kiskakas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian kakas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankakascock, rooster; popcorn
2Proto-Slavickokošьhen

via Hungarian kis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankissmall, little
Every word from Proto-Slavic kokošь →Every word from Hungarian kakas →