Where does “ingalukhuni” come from?

ingalukhuni (Swazi) comes from Afrikaans kalkoen, from Dutch kalkoen, from Dutch Calcoen, from English Calicut, from Romanian -uț, from Latin -utus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

ingalukhuni (Swazi): turkey

Definitions

  1. turkey

Ancestry of “ingalukhuni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaanskalkoenturkey, "Meleagris gallopavo"
2Dutchkalkoenturkey, "Meleagris gallopavo"
3DutchCalcoen
4EnglishCalicut
5Romanian-uțForms masculine diminutives of nouns and...
6Latin-utus
7Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
8Proto-Italic-tus
9Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Romanian -uț