Where does “lintu-uros” come from?

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

lintu-uros (Finnish): male bird

Definitions

  1. male bird

Ancestry of “lintu-uros”, step by step

lintu-uros traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lintu

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

via Finnish uros

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishurosmale, especially of mammalian species; man, hero
2Proto-Finnicurosmale; man
3Proto-Finno-Ugricurɜman, male
Every word from Proto-Uralic lunta →Every word from Proto-Finnic lintu →Every word from Finnish lintu →