Where does “lehmäturpiaali” come from?

lehmäturpiaali (Finnish) comes from Finnish lehmä, from Proto-Finnic lehmä — cow.

lehmäturpiaali (Finnish): brown-headed cowbird, Molothrus ater brood parasitic icterid native to temperate and subtropical North America

Definitions

  1. brown-headed cowbird, Molothrus ater brood parasitic icterid native to temperate and subtropical North America

Ancestry of “lehmäturpiaali”, step by step

lehmäturpiaali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lehmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlehmäcow; any female ruminant; often with a modifier;...
2Proto-Finniclehmäcow

via Finnish turpiaali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishturpiaaliicterid; oriole, troupial, blackbird, grackle,...
2Spanishturpialtroupial
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