Where does “haaskalintu” come from?

haaskalintu (Finnish) comes from Finnish lintu, from Proto-Finnic lintu, from Proto-Uralic lunta — bird; goose.

haaskalintu (Finnish): scavenger bird; vulture

Definitions

  1. scavenger bird; vulture

Ancestry of “haaskalintu”, step by step

haaskalintu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lintu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlintubird; poultry
2Proto-Finniclintubird
3Proto-Uralicluntabird; goose

via Finnish haaska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaaskathe carcass of an animal; carcass used as bait...
2Finnishhaja-scattered, dispersed
3Proto-Germanicsājan-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic lunta →Every word from Proto-Finnic lintu →Every word from Finnish lintu →