Where does “kiivilintu” come from?

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

kiivilintu (Finnish): kiwi bird

Definitions

  1. kiwi bird

Ancestry of “kiivilintu”, step by step

kiivilintu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lintu

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

via Finnish kiivi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiivikiwi; kiwi fruit
2EnglishKiwiA New Zealander; of or from New Zealand
3Maorikiwikiwi
Every word from Proto-Uralic lunta →Every word from Proto-Finnic lintu →Every word from Finnish lintu →