Where does “parvilintu” come from?

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

parvilintu (Finnish): flocking bird

Definitions

  1. flocking bird

Ancestry of “parvilintu”, step by step

parvilintu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lintu

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

via Finnish parvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishparvigroup of animals; group, cluster; cluster
2Proto-Finnicparviflock, group of animals
3Proto-Finno-Ugricparwɜ—
Every word from Proto-Uralic lunta →
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