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Where does “myrskylintu” come from?

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

myrskylintu (Finnish): northern fulmar, Arctic fulmar, "Fulmarus...

Definitions

  1. northern fulmar, Arctic fulmar, "Fulmarus...

Ancestry of “myrskylintu”, step by step

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