Where does “luhtahuitti” come from?

luhtahuitti (Finnish) comes from Finnish luhta, from Proto-Finnic luhta — flood-meadow.

luhtahuitti (Finnish): spotted crake

Definitions

  1. spotted crake

Ancestry of “luhtahuitti”, step by step

luhtahuitti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish luhta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishluhtaswamp; flood meadow; agricultural farmland...
2Proto-Finnicluhtaflood-meadow

via Finnish huitti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuitticrake
Every word from Proto-Finnic luhta →Every word from Finnish luhta →