Where does “käpylintu” come from?

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

käpylintu (Finnish): crossbill, a bird of the genus "Loxia"

Definitions

  1. crossbill, a bird of the genus "Loxia"

Ancestry of “käpylintu”, step by step

käpylintu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lintu

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

via Finnish käpy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäpyconifer's cone, strobilus
2Proto-Turkickäpä—

Words derived from “käpylintu”

Every word from Proto-Uralic lunta →Every word from Proto-Finnic lintu →Every word from Finnish lintu →