Where does “hylkeenpyynti” come from?

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

hylkeenpyynti (Finnish): sealing, seal hunting

Definitions

  1. sealing, seal hunting

Ancestry of “hylkeenpyynti”, step by step

hylkeenpyynti 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 hylje

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhyljeseal; earless seal, true seal
2Proto-Finnichülgehseal
3Proto-Finnicšülkeš—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -nti →Every word from Finnish pyynti →