Where does “linnunmuna” come from?

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

linnunmuna (Finnish): bird egg

Definitions

  1. bird egg

Ancestry of “linnunmuna”, step by step

linnunmuna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lintu

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

via Finnish müŋä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmüŋäegg
Every word from Proto-Uralic lunta →Every word from Proto-Finnic lintu →Every word from Finnish lintu →