Where does “karhunpyynti” come from?
karhunpyynti (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyynti, from Finnish -nti, from Finnish -nta, from Proto-Finnic -nta — Forms action nouns from verbs.
karhunpyynti (Finnish): bear hunting
Ancestry of “karhunpyynti”, step by step
karhunpyynti 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 Karhu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Karhu | A major brand of beer in Finland |
| 2 | Finnish | karhu | bear; brown bear, "Ursus arctos" |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | karhu | bear |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | karheda | rough, coarse |