Where does “tunturikihu” come from?

tunturikihu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kihu, from Finnish kihistä — to sizzle, to hiss.

tunturikihu (Finnish): long-tailed jaeger N.Am.; long-tailed skua, Stercorarius longicaudus

Definitions

  1. long-tailed jaeger N.Am.; long-tailed skua, Stercorarius longicaudus

Ancestry of “tunturikihu”, step by step

tunturikihu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kihu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkihuskua, jaeger bird of the genus
2Finnishkihistäto sizzle, to hiss

via Finnish tunturi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtunturiA fell
2Proto-Samictuontërfell
Every word from Finnish kihistä →Every word from Finnish kihu →
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