Where does “ikalikuni” come from?

ikalikuni (Zulu) 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.

ikalikuni (Zulu): turkey

Definitions

  1. turkey

Ancestry of “ikalikuni”, 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 -tus
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