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

myrskylintu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lintu

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

via Finnish myrsky

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyrskystorm
2Finnishmyristäto rumble, thunder, bellow
Every word from Proto-Uralic lunta →Every word from Proto-Finnic lintu →Every word from Finnish lintu →