Where does “lintu” come from?

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

lintu (Karelian): bird

Definitions

  1. bird

Ancestry of “lintu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finniclintubird
2Proto-Uralicluntabird; goose
Every word from Proto-Uralic lunta →Every word from Proto-Finnic lintu →