Where does “tunturikiuru” come from?

tunturikiuru (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiuru, from Proto-Finnic kiuru — lark (bird of family Alaudidae).

tunturikiuru (Finnish): horned lark

Definitions

  1. horned lark

Ancestry of “tunturikiuru”, step by step

tunturikiuru traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kiuru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiuruskylark
2Proto-Finnickiurulark (bird of family Alaudidae)

via Finnish tunturi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtunturiA fell
2Proto-Samictuontërfell
Every word from Proto-Finnic kiuru →Every word from Finnish kiuru →