Where does “kurki” come from?

kurki (Karelian) comes from Proto-Finnic kurki, from Proto-Uralic kurke — crane.

kurki (Karelian): crane

Definitions

  1. crane

Ancestry of “kurki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickurkicrane
2Proto-Uralickurkecrane
Every word from Proto-Uralic kurke →Every word from Proto-Finnic kurki →