Where does “pesäpönttö” come from?

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

pesäpönttö (Finnish): nesting box, nest box man-made box provided for wild birds or small animals to nest in

Definitions

  1. nesting box, nest box man-made box provided for wild birds or small animals to nest in

Ancestry of “pesäpönttö”, step by step

pesäpönttö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pesä

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

via Finnish pönttö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpönttöbin, can; blockhead; toilet
Every word from Proto-Uralic pesä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pesä →Every word from Finnish pesä →