Where does “tundrakurppelo” come from?

tundrakurppelo (Finnish) comes from Finnish kurppelo, from Finnish -lö, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

tundrakurppelo (Finnish): long-billed dowitcher

Definitions

  1. long-billed dowitcher

Ancestry of “tundrakurppelo”, step by step

tundrakurppelo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kurppelo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkurppelodowitcher
2Finnish-löFront vowel variant of -lo
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish tundra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtundratundra flat and treeless arctic biome
2Russianту́ндраtundra
3Kildin Samiтӯннтрэ—
4Kildin Samiтӯнтарfell; fjeld
5Proto-Samictuontërfell
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -lö →
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