Where does “hirvestää” come from?

hirvestää (Finnish) comes from Finnish hirvi, from Proto-Finnic hirvi, from Proto-Finnic širwe.

hirvestää (Finnish): to hunt elk, moose

Definitions

  1. to hunt elk, moose

Ancestry of “hirvestää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhirvielk, moose; any large deer, such as an elk, moose...
2Proto-Finnichirvielk, moose
3Proto-Finnicširwe—

Words derived from “hirvestää”

Every word from Proto-Finnic širwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic hirvi →Every word from Finnish hirvi →
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