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Where does “ulappalintu” come from?

ulappalintu (Finnish) comes from Finnish lintu, from Proto-Finnic lintu, from Proto-Uralic lunta — bird; goose.

ulappalintu (Finnish): Any bird of the order Procellariiformes

Definitions

  1. Any bird of the order Procellariiformes

Ancestry of “ulappalintu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlintubird; poultry
2Proto-Finniclintubird
3Proto-Uralicluntabird; goose
Every word from Proto-Uralic lunta →