Where does “kanarialintu” come from?

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

kanarialintu (Finnish): canary

Definitions

  1. canary

Ancestry of “kanarialintu”, step by step

kanarialintu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lintu

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

via Finnish Kanaria

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKanaria—
Every word from Proto-Uralic lunta →Every word from Proto-Finnic lintu →Every word from Finnish lintu →