Where does “juoppolintu” come from?

juoppolintu (Finnish) comes from Finnish juoppo, from Finnish juoda, from Proto-Finnic joodak, from Proto-Uralic jëxe- — to drink; to flow?.

juoppolintu (Finnish): drinking bird toy that mimics the motions of a bird drinking from a water source

Definitions

  1. drinking bird toy that mimics the motions of a bird drinking from a water source

Ancestry of “juoppolintu”, step by step

juoppolintu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish juoppo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjuoppoA drunkard
2Finnishjuodato drink
3Proto-Finnicjoodakto drink
4Proto-Uralicjëxe-to drink; to flow?

via Finnish lintu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlintubird; poultry
2Proto-Finniclintubird
3Proto-Uralicluntabird; goose
Every word from Proto-Uralic jëxe- →