Where does “hirvenpyynti” come from?
hirvenpyynti (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyynti, from Finnish -nti, from Finnish -nta, from Proto-Finnic -nta — Forms action nouns from verbs.
hirvenpyynti (Finnish): elk hunting
Ancestry of “hirvenpyynti”, step by step
hirvenpyynti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pyynti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pyynti | hunting; fishing |
| 2 | Finnish | -nti | Form action nouns from verbs whose first... |
| 3 | Finnish | -nta | Forms nouns that describe an action; "erota... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -nta | Forms action nouns from verbs |
via Finnish hirvi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hirvi | elk, moose; any large deer, such as an elk, moose... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | hirvi | elk, moose |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | širwe | — |