Where does “mustalintu” come from?

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

mustalintu (Finnish): common scoter, Melanitta nigra arctic sea bird in the family Anatidae

Definitions

  1. common scoter, Melanitta nigra arctic sea bird in the family Anatidae

Ancestry of “mustalintu”, step by step

mustalintu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lintu

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

via Finnish musta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmustablack; black horse; Elative singular form of...
2Finnish-ntääFront vowel variant of -ntaa
Every word from Proto-Uralic lunta →Every word from Proto-Finnic lintu →Every word from Finnish lintu →