Where does “kalkoen” come from?

kalkoen (West Frisian) 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.

kalkoen (West Frisian): turkey

Definitions

  1. turkey

Ancestry of “kalkoen”, 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 -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Romanian -uț →