Where does “linnunliha” come from?

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

linnunliha (Finnish): poultry, bird meat

Definitions

  1. poultry, bird meat

Ancestry of “linnunliha”, step by step

linnunliha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lintu

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

via Finnish liha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlihameat; flesh
2Proto-Finniclihameat
3Proto-Finniclišaaddition, increase
Every word from Proto-Uralic lunta →Every word from Proto-Finnic lintu →Every word from Finnish lintu →