TOUCAN

The word 'toucan' may well be a derivation from a word 'tuca' in the language of Brazilian Indians (toucans live only in South America), but we have to explain somehow that in Odessa region of Ukraine the word 'тукан' (tukan) means 'woodpecker' in the local dialect (toucans are woodpeckers too). If we assume that the word was brought to America by the Spaniards, then again we need to explain why the bird was called with the same name both in Spain and Ukraine. If we need a Georgian in-between for a liaison, then we can use ტუკი (tuki) as such, which means in Guria and Imereti 'a wooden hammer'.