Where does “kalkon” come from?
kalkon (Swedish) comes from English Turkey, from Middle English Turkye, from Medieval Latin Turcia, from Latin Turcus, from Greek Τοῦρκος, from Persian ترک, from Middle Persian twlk', from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 — Turk, Turkic people.
kalkon (Swedish): turkey (bird)
Definitions
- turkey (bird)
Ancestry of “kalkon”, step by step
kalkon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Turkey
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Turkey | The guinea fowl (family Numididae) |
| 2 | Middle English | Turkye | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | Turcia | — |
| 4 | Latin | Turcus | Turk |
| 5 | Greek | Τοῦρκος | male Turk person from or who lives in Turkey |
| 6 | Persian | ترک | crack |
| 7 | Middle Persian | twlk' | — |
| 8 | Old Turkic | 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 | Turk |
| 9 | Proto-Turkic | *tür(ü)k | Turk, Turkic people |
via Dutch kalkoen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kalkoen | turkey, "Meleagris gallopavo" |
| 2 | Dutch | Calcoen | — |
| 3 | English | Calicut | — |
| 4 | Romanian | -uț | Forms masculine diminutives of nouns and... |
| 5 | Latin | -utus | — |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |