Where does “lintukoto” come from?

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

lintukoto (Finnish): A paradise-like place where birds migrate every winter; because it was located near the edge of the sky dome, the sky was very close to the ground and therefore its inhabitants were dwarfs

Definitions

  1. A paradise-like place where birds migrate every winter; because it was located near the edge of the sky dome, the sky was very close to the ground and therefore its inhabitants were dwarfs

Ancestry of “lintukoto”, step by step

lintukoto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lintu

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

via Finnish koto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkotohome; koto
2Japanesekoto: a Japanese zither derived from the Chinese guzheng

Words derived from “lintukoto

Every word from Proto-Uralic luntaEvery word from Proto-Finnic lintuEvery word from Finnish lintu
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