Where does “tuuliviiri” come from?

tuuliviiri (Finnish) comes from Finnish Tuuli, from Finnish Tuulikki — A forest goddess, daughter of Tapio in the Kalevala.

tuuliviiri (Finnish): weather vane; weathercock

Definitions

  1. weather vane; weathercock

Ancestry of “tuuliviiri”, step by step

tuuliviiri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Tuuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishTuuliwind
2FinnishTuulikkiA forest goddess, daughter of Tapio in the Kalevala

via Finnish viiri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviiripennon, pennant, streamer; gyron
Every word from Finnish Tuulikki →Every word from Finnish Tuuli →
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