Where does “rotkotulkku” come from?

rotkotulkku (Finnish) comes from Finnish rotko — gulley; gorge, ravine.

rotkotulkku (Finnish): Mongolian finch, Bucanetes mongolicus

Definitions

  1. Mongolian finch, Bucanetes mongolicus

Ancestry of “rotkotulkku”, step by step

rotkotulkku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rotko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrotkogulley; gorge, ravine

via Finnish tulkku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtulkkubullfinch; short for punatulkku; bullfinch,...
Every word from Finnish rotko