Where does “lintukosteikko” come from?

lintukosteikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish kosteikko, from Finnish -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -i- — Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive).

lintukosteikko (Finnish): bird wetland

Definitions

  1. bird wetland

Ancestry of “lintukosteikko”, step by step

lintukosteikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kosteikko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkosteikkoA wetland
2Finnish-ikkoForms nouns for groups of a particular number,...
3Proto-Finnic-ikkoForms nouns indicating a group of things
4Proto-Finnic-i-Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive)

via Finnish lintu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlintubird; poultry
2Proto-Finniclintubird
3Proto-Uralicluntabird; goose
Every word from Proto-Finnic -i-
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