Where does “mustakottarainen” come from?

mustakottarainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kottarainen, from Finnish kotti, from Finnish förskotti, from Swedish förskott — advance payment.

mustakottarainen (Finnish): spotless starling

Definitions

  1. spotless starling

Ancestry of “mustakottarainen”, step by step

mustakottarainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kottarainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkottarainenEuropean starling, common starling; starling;...
2Finnishkottibag, pouch
3Finnishförskottiprepayment
4Swedishförskottadvance payment

via Finnish musta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmustablack; black horse; Elative singular form of...
2Finnish-ntääFront vowel variant of -ntaa
Every word from Swedish förskott →Every word from Finnish förskotti →Every word from Finnish kotti →