Where does “valkorinta-aratti” come from?

valkorinta-aratti (Finnish) comes from Finnish aratti, from Finnish ara, from taxonomic name Ara, from Old Tupi ará — scarlet macaw (Ara macao).

valkorinta-aratti (Finnish): white-breasted parakeet, white-necked parakeet, Pyrrhura albipectus

Definitions

  1. white-breasted parakeet, white-necked parakeet, Pyrrhura albipectus

Ancestry of “valkorinta-aratti”, step by step

valkorinta-aratti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish aratti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisharattiparakeet
2Finnisharamacaw
3taxonomic nameAra—
4Old Tupiaráscarlet macaw (Ara macao)

via Finnish rinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrintabreast; chest, especially the front side of it
2Finnish-mäFront vowel variant of -ma
Every word from Old Tupi ará →Every word from taxonomic name Ara →Every word from Finnish ara →