Where does “kuyrukkakan” come from?

kuyrukkakan (Turkish) comes from Turkish kuyruk, from Ottoman Turkish قویروق, from Proto-Turkic kudruk — tail.

kuyrukkakan (Turkish): stonechat, any of various small passerine birds of the genus Saxicola that feed on insects

Definitions

  1. stonechat, any of various small passerine birds of the genus Saxicola that feed on insects

Ancestry of “kuyrukkakan”, step by step

kuyrukkakan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish kuyruk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkuyruktail; queue
2Ottoman Turkishقویروقtail, queue
3Proto-Turkickudruktail

via Turkish kakmak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkakmakto beetle, tack down, mall; to embed, inlay; to...
2Ottoman Turkishقاقمقto push, tap, to strike chiefly lightly with a clear sound, but sometimes hard
3Proto-TurkicKAk-to hit, knock, tear
Every word from Proto-Turkic kudruk →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قویروق →Every word from Turkish kuyruk →