Where does “paarmalintu” come from?

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

paarmalintu (Finnish): flycatcher

Definitions

  1. flycatcher

Ancestry of “paarmalintu”, step by step

paarmalintu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lintu

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

via Finnish paarma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaarmahorsefly, breezefly, gadfly, forest fly
2Proto-Finnicparmahorsefly, gadfly
3Proto-Finno-Permicparma—
Every word from Proto-Uralic lunta →Every word from Proto-Finnic lintu →Every word from Finnish lintu →