Where does “balkanintiainen” come from?

balkanintiainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish tiainen, from Finnish inen.

balkanintiainen (Finnish): sombre tit, Parus lugubris

Definitions

  1. sombre tit, Parus lugubris

Ancestry of “balkanintiainen”, step by step

balkanintiainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tiainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtiainentitmouse, chickadee, tit
2Finnishinen—

via Finnish Balkan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishBalkan—
2Ottoman TurkishبالقانThe Balkan mountains
Every word from Finnish inen →Every word from Finnish tiainen →