Where does “viitatiainen” come from?

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

viitatiainen (Finnish): marsh tit

Definitions

  1. marsh tit

Ancestry of “viitatiainen”, step by step

viitatiainen 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 tiainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtiainentitmouse, chickadee, tit
2Finnishinen—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →