Where does “outo lintu” come from?

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

outo lintu (Finnish): rara avis, rare bird

Definitions

  1. rara avis, rare bird

Ancestry of “outo lintu”, step by step

outo lintu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lintu

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

via Finnish outo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoutostrange, weird
Every word from Proto-Uralic luntaEvery word from Proto-Finnic lintuEvery word from Finnish lintu