Where does “limulintu” come from?

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

limulintu (Finnish): drinking bird toy that mimics the motions of a bird drinking from a water source

Definitions

  1. drinking bird toy that mimics the motions of a bird drinking from a water source

Ancestry of “limulintu”, step by step

limulintu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lintu

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

via Finnish limu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlimusoda, soft drink
Every word from Proto-Uralic lunta →Every word from Proto-Finnic lintu →Every word from Finnish lintu →