Where does “ruskouunilintu” come from?

ruskouunilintu (Finnish) comes from Finnish uunilintu, from Finnish uuni, from Old Swedish ughn, from Old Norse ofn, from Proto-Germanic uhnaz, from Proto-Indo-European aukw- — cooking pot.

ruskouunilintu (Finnish): dusky warbler, Phylloscopus fuscatus

Definitions

  1. dusky warbler, Phylloscopus fuscatus

Ancestry of “ruskouunilintu”, step by step

ruskouunilintu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish uunilintu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuunilintuwillow warbler, "Phylloscopus trochilus"; leaf...
2Finnishuunioven; stove; furnace
3Old Swedishughnoven
4Old Norseofn—
5Proto-Germanicuhnazoven; furnace
6Proto-Indo-Europeanaukw-cooking pot

via Finnish rusko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishruskoThe reddish glow at or near the horizon during...
2Finnishruskeabrown; A brown color
3Proto-Finnicruskedabrown, red
Every word from Proto-Indo-European aukw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic uhnaz →Every word from Old Norse ofn →