Where does “kaukasianuunilintu” come from?

kaukasianuunilintu (Finnish) comes from Finnish uunilintu, from Finnish uuni, from Old Swedish ughn, from Old Norse ofn, from Proto-Germanic uhnaz, from Proto-Indo-European aukw- — cooking pot.

kaukasianuunilintu (Finnish): green leaf warbler, Phylloscopus nitidus

Definitions

  1. green leaf warbler, Phylloscopus nitidus

Ancestry of “kaukasianuunilintu”, step by step

kaukasianuunilintu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish uunilintu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuunilintuwillow warbler, "Phylloscopus trochilus"; leaf...
2Finnishuunioven; stove; furnace
3Old Swedishughnoven
4Old Norseofn
5Proto-Germanicuhnazoven; furnace
6Proto-Indo-Europeanaukw-cooking pot

via Finnish Kaukasia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKaukasiaCaucasia
2RussianКавказия
Every word from Proto-Indo-European aukw-
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