Where does “kurki” come from?

kurki (Lower Sorbian) comes from Lower Sorbian kurka, from Lower Sorbian kura, from Proto-Slavic kura, from Proto-Slavic -a, from Proto-Indo-European -ōd.

kurki (Lower Sorbian): inflection of kurka: ## genitive singular ##...

Definitions

  1. inflection of kurka: ## genitive singular ##...

Ancestry of “kurki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower SorbiankurkaDiminutive of kura
2Lower Sorbiankurachicken, hen
3Proto-Slavickurahen
4Proto-Slavic-aid
5Proto-Indo-European-ōd—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōd →Every word from Proto-Slavic -a →Every word from Proto-Slavic kura →