The story
- Englishcloud
- Middle Englishcokkou
- Hokkien咕咕鳥 /咕咕鸟 (ku-kú-chiáu)psm.
- Englishcuckoo
- Proto-Indo-European*lendʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*landą
- Proto-West Germanic*land
- Old Englishland
- Middle Englishlond
- Englishland
- Ancient GreekΝεφελοκοκκυγία (Nephelokokkugía)
- English todaycloud-cuckoo-land
By surface analysis, cloud + cuckoo + land. Calque of Ancient Greek Νεφελοκοκκυγία (Nephelokokkugía), from Aristophanes.
Words from the same roots
Ancient GreekΝεφελοκοκκυγία all →
nephelococcygia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.