Where does “valkopääbulbuli” come from?

valkopääbulbuli (Finnish) comes from Finnish pää, from Proto-Finnic pää, from Proto-Uralic päŋe — head.

valkopääbulbuli (Finnish): white-headed bulbul, Hypsipetes thompsoni

Definitions

  1. white-headed bulbul, Hypsipetes thompsoni

Ancestry of “valkopääbulbuli”, step by step

valkopääbulbuli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäähead; end, tip
2Proto-Finnicpäähead
3Proto-Uralicpäŋehead

via Finnish bulbuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbulbulibulbul
2Arabicبُلْبُلnightingale
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Finnish pää →
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