Where does “kalkun” come from?

kalkun (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Dutch kalkoen, from Dutch Calcoen, from English Calicut, from Romanian -uț, from Latin -utus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

kalkun (Norwegian Bokmål): a turkey

Definitions

  1. a turkey

Ancestry of “kalkun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkalkoenturkey, "Meleagris gallopavo"
2DutchCalcoen
3EnglishCalicut
4Romanian-uțForms masculine diminutives of nouns and...
5Latin-utus
6Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
7Proto-Italic-tus
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Romanian -uț