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kukko.

cock, rooster (male chicken)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkukːo/[ˈkukːo̞]
  1. cock, rooster (male chicken)

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *kukkoi, derived from a borrowing from Proto-Germanic *kukkaz (“cock, rooster”).

noun/ˈkukːo/[ˈkukːo̞]
  1. any of the traditional types of foods baked inside a loaf of bread, particularly common in Eastern Finland

Where this word comes from

Multiple theories: * a borrowing from Middle Low German kûke (“cake”) * related to kukku and kukkula (“hill”), e.g. "round thing" * shortened form of kukkaro (“purse”) * related to kukko (etymology 1): this theory is not semantically convincing

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