Where does “mustakiuru” come from?

mustakiuru (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiuru, from Proto-Finnic kiuru — lark (bird of family Alaudidae).

mustakiuru (Finnish): black lark

Definitions

  1. black lark

Ancestry of “mustakiuru”, step by step

mustakiuru traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kiuru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiuruskylark
2Proto-Finnickiurulark (bird of family Alaudidae)

via Finnish musta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmustablack; black horse; Elative singular form of...
2Finnish-ntääFront vowel variant of -ntaa
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