Where does “kesälintu” come from?

kesälintu (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian lintu, from Proto-Finnic lintu, from Proto-Uralic lunta — bird; goose.

kesälintu (Ingrian): migratory bird

Definitions

  1. migratory bird

Ancestry of “kesälintu”, step by step

kesälintu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian lintu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianlintubird
2Proto-Finniclintubird
3Proto-Uralicluntabird; goose

via Ingrian kesä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriankesäsummer
Every word from Proto-Uralic lunta →Every word from Proto-Finnic lintu →Every word from Ingrian lintu →