Where does “lintu” come from?

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

lintu (Proto-Finnic): bird

Definitions

  1. bird

Ancestry of “lintu”, step by step

lintu traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Uralic lunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Uralicluntabird; goose

via Proto-Finno-Ugric lunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finno-Ugriclunta

via Proto-Uralic linta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Uraliclinta

Words derived from “lintu

Every word from Proto-Uralic lunta
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