Where does “valkotropiikkilintu” come from?

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

valkotropiikkilintu (Finnish): red-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda seabird native to tropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans

Definitions

  1. red-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda seabird native to tropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans

Ancestry of “valkotropiikkilintu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtropiikkilintutropicbird
2Finnishlintubird; poultry
3Proto-Finniclintubird
4Proto-Uralicluntabird; goose
Every word from Proto-Uralic lunta →Every word from Proto-Finnic lintu →Every word from Finnish lintu →