Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lintu

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This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Uralic *lunta.

Noun

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*lintu[1]

  1. bird

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: lind
  • Finnish: lintu
  • Ingrian: lintu
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: lind
  • Livvi: lindu
  • Veps: lind
  • Votic: lintu

References

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  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*lintu”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)