Where does “pesäloinen” come from?

pesäloinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish pesä, from Proto-Finnic pesä, from Proto-Uralic pesä — nest.

pesäloinen (Finnish): brood parasite

Definitions

  1. brood parasite

Ancestry of “pesäloinen”, step by step

pesäloinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pesä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpesänest; den; hive
2Proto-Finnicpesänest
3Proto-Uralicpesänest

via Finnish loinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishloinenparasite; parasitic
2Finnishluo-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic pesä →
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