Where does “kalanpyynti” come from?

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

kalanpyynti (Finnish): fishing, fish catching

Definitions

  1. fishing, fish catching

Ancestry of “kalanpyynti”, step by step

kalanpyynti 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 kala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -nti →Every word from Finnish pyynti →