Where does “tropiikkilintu” come from?

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

tropiikkilintu (Finnish): tropicbird

Definitions

  1. tropicbird

Ancestry of “tropiikkilintu”, step by step

tropiikkilintu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lintu

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

via Finnish tropiikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtropiikkitropics

Words derived from “tropiikkilintu

Every word from Proto-Uralic luntaEvery word from Proto-Finnic lintuEvery word from Finnish lintu