Where does “kesätangara” come from?

kesätangara (Finnish) comes from Finnish tangara, from Portuguese tangara, from Old Tupi tangara, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *taŋara — manakin.

kesätangara (Finnish): summer tanager, Piranga rubra

Definitions

  1. summer tanager, Piranga rubra

Ancestry of “kesätangara”, step by step

kesätangara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tangara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtangaratanager bird of the family Thraupidae
2Portuguesetangaramanakin
3Old Tupitangaramanakin
4Proto-Tupi-Guarani*taŋaramanakin

via Finnish kesä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkesäsummer; fallow; Abbreviation of kesäkuu
2Proto-Finnickesäsummer; fallow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ós-r—
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *taŋara →Every word from Old Tupi tangara →Every word from Portuguese tangara →