Where does “viitarastas” come from?

viitarastas (Finnish) comes from Finnish viita, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

viitarastas (Finnish): veery, Wilson's thrush, Catharus fuscescens American thrush common in the Northern United States and Canada

Definitions

  1. veery, Wilson's thrush, Catharus fuscescens American thrush common in the Northern United States and Canada

Ancestry of “viitarastas”, step by step

viitarastas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishviitaA thicket of young deciduous trees
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish rastas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrastasthrush
2Proto-Finnicrastasthrush
3Proto-Baltictrazdas—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →
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