Where does “idäntiltaltti” come from?

idäntiltaltti (Finnish) comes from Finnish itä, from Proto-Finnic itä, from Proto-Uralic itä- — to appear.

idäntiltaltti (Finnish): Siberian chiffchaff, Phylloscopus collybita tristis subspecies of common chiffchaff that breeds in Siberia and winters in the lower Himalayas

Definitions

  1. Siberian chiffchaff, Phylloscopus collybita tristis subspecies of common chiffchaff that breeds in Siberia and winters in the lower Himalayas

Ancestry of “idäntiltaltti”, step by step

idäntiltaltti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish itä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishitäeast; east, eastern; East, the Orient
2Proto-Finnicitäeast
3Proto-Uralicitä-to appear

via Finnish tiltaltti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtiltalttichiffchaff
Every word from Proto-Uralic itä-Every word from Proto-Finnic itäEvery word from Finnish itä