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

ulappalintu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lintu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlintubird; poultry
2Proto-Finniclintubird
3Proto-Uralicluntabird; goose

via Finnish ulappa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishulappaopen lake; open sea
Every word from Proto-Uralic lunta →Every word from Proto-Finnic lintu →Every word from Finnish lintu →