Where does “virta-alli” come from?

virta-alli (Finnish) comes from Finnish virta, from Proto-Finnic virta, from Proto-Slavic vьrtъ — turn, enclosure.

virta-alli (Finnish): harlequin duck, "Histrionicus histrionicus"

Definitions

  1. harlequin duck, "Histrionicus histrionicus"

Ancestry of “virta-alli”, step by step

virta-alli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish virta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirtaflow, stream; river; current
2Proto-Finnicvirtastream; flow, current
3Proto-Slavicvьrtъturn, enclosure

via Finnish älli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishälliwits, intelligence
Every word from Proto-Slavic vьrtъ →Every word from Proto-Finnic virta →Every word from Finnish virta →