Where does “hailinpyynti” come from?

hailinpyynti (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyynti, from Finnish -nti, from Finnish -nta, from Proto-Finnic -nta — Forms action nouns from verbs.

hailinpyynti (Finnish): Synonym of silakanpyynti

Definitions

  1. Synonym of silakanpyynti

Ancestry of “hailinpyynti”, step by step

hailinpyynti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pyynti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyyntihunting; fishing
2Finnish-ntiForm action nouns from verbs whose first...
3Finnish-ntaForms nouns that describe an action; "erota...
4Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

via Finnish haili

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhailifresh Baltic herring; Synonym of silakka
Every word from Proto-Finnic -ntaEvery word from Finnish -ntiEvery word from Finnish pyynti