Where does “kulorastas” come from?

kulorastas (Finnish) comes from Finnish rastas, from Proto-Finnic rastas, from Proto-Baltic trazdas.

kulorastas (Finnish): mistle thrush

Definitions

  1. mistle thrush

Ancestry of “kulorastas”, step by step

kulorastas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rastas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrastasthrush
2Proto-Finnicrastasthrush
3Proto-Baltictrazdas—

via Finnish kulo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkuloDry, dead grass from previous summer; wildfire
2Proto-Finnickulodry grass from previous year
3Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂w-—
Every word from Proto-Baltic trazdas →Every word from Proto-Finnic rastas →Every word from Finnish rastas →