Where does “isokäpylintu” come from?

isokäpylintu (Finnish) comes from Finnish iso, from Finnish isä, from Proto-Finnic icä, from Proto-Uralic ićä — father.

isokäpylintu (Finnish): parrot crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus

Definitions

  1. parrot crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus

Ancestry of “isokäpylintu”, step by step

isokäpylintu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish iso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishisobig; large; great
2Finnishisäfather; Father
3Proto-Finnicicäfather
4Proto-Uralicićäfather

via Finnish käpylintu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäpylintucrossbill, a bird of the genus "Loxia"
2Finnishlintubird; poultry
3Proto-Finniclintubird
4Proto-Uralicluntabird; goose
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićä →Every word from Proto-Finnic icä →Every word from Finnish isä →