Where does “keltalaikkuseppä” come from?

keltalaikkuseppä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kelta, from Proto-Finnic kelta, from Proto-Baltic gilˀtos.

keltalaikkuseppä (Finnish): western green tinkerbird, Pogoniulus coryphaeus

Definitions

  1. western green tinkerbird, Pogoniulus coryphaeus

Ancestry of “keltalaikkuseppä”, step by step

keltalaikkuseppä traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kelta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeltayellow
2Proto-Finnickeltayellow; species of club moss used for dyeing...
3Proto-Balticgilˀtos—

via Finnish seppä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseppäsmith, blacksmith; click beetle
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*seppä—
3Proto-Uralicśeppäskilled

via Finnish laikku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaikkuspot; patch; fleck
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
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