Where does “säihkylintu” come from?

säihkylintu (Finnish) comes from Finnish lintu, from Proto-Finnic lintu, from Proto-Uralic lunta — bird; goose.

säihkylintu (Finnish): coraciiform (bird)

Definitions

  1. coraciiform (bird)

Ancestry of “säihkylintu”, step by step

säihkylintu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lintu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlintubird; poultry
2Proto-Finniclintubird
3Proto-Uralicluntabird; goose

via Finnish säihky

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsäihkyglitter, shine
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Uralic lunta →Every word from Proto-Finnic lintu →Every word from Finnish lintu →