Where does “tikkalintu” come from?

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

tikkalintu (Finnish): picoid bird, piciform bird

Definitions

  1. picoid bird, piciform bird

Ancestry of “tikkalintu”, step by step

tikkalintu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lintu

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

via Finnish tikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtikkawoodpecker; dart
2Proto-Finnictikkawoodpecker
Every word from Proto-Uralic lunta →Every word from Proto-Finnic lintu →Every word from Finnish lintu →