Where does “taigauunilintu” come from?

taigauunilintu (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.

taigauunilintu (Finnish): yellow-browed warbler

Definitions

  1. yellow-browed warbler

Ancestry of “taigauunilintu”, step by step

taigauunilintu 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 taiga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaigataiga
2Russianтайга́taiga
3Sakhaтайга—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European aukw- →