Where does “maakuntalintu” come from?

maakuntalintu (Finnish) comes from Finnish maakunta, from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

maakuntalintu (Finnish): the official bird of a maakunta

Definitions

  1. the official bird of a maakunta

Ancestry of “maakuntalintu”, step by step

maakuntalintu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maakunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaakuntacounty, province, region
2Finnishmääbaa; I
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish lintu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlintubird; poultry
2Proto-Finniclintubird
3Proto-Uralicluntabird; goose
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →