Where does “tunturipöllö” come from?

tunturipöllö (Finnish) comes from Finnish tunturi, from Proto-Samic tuontër — fell.

tunturipöllö (Finnish): snowy owl, Nyctea scandiaca

Definitions

  1. snowy owl, Nyctea scandiaca

Ancestry of “tunturipöllö”, step by step

tunturipöllö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tunturi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtunturiA fell
2Proto-Samictuontërfell

via Finnish pöllö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpöllöowl; fool; batty, stupid, crazy, silly
Every word from Proto-Samic tuontër →Every word from Finnish tunturi →
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