Where does “outolintu” come from?

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

outolintu (Finnish): strange bird, neither fish nor fowl

Definitions

  1. strange bird, neither fish nor fowl

Ancestry of “outolintu”, step by step

outolintu 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 lunta →Every word from Proto-Finnic lintu →Every word from Finnish lintu →