Where does “houkutuslintu” come from?

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

houkutuslintu (Finnish): decoy

Definitions

  1. decoy

Ancestry of “houkutuslintu”, step by step

houkutuslintu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lintu

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

via Finnish houkutus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhoukutustemptation
2Finnishus-ing
Every word from Proto-Uralic lunta →Every word from Proto-Finnic lintu →Every word from Finnish lintu →