Where does “röyhelökotinga” come from?

röyhelökotinga (Finnish) comes from Finnish röyhelö, from Finnish -lö, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

röyhelökotinga (Finnish): umbrellabird New World tropical bird of the genus

Definitions

  1. umbrellabird New World tropical bird of the genus

Ancestry of “röyhelökotinga”, step by step

röyhelökotinga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish röyhelö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishröyhelöruffle, frill, furbelow
2Finnish-löFront vowel variant of -lo
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish kotinga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkotingacotinga neotropical passerine bird of the family Cotingidae
2New LatinCotinga—
3Old Tupicutinga—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -lö →