Where does “kirvesmestaus” come from?

kirvesmestaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish mestaus, from Finnish -us, from Proto-Finnic -us — Forms some nouns from nominal stems.

kirvesmestaus (Finnish): beheading by axe beheading using an axe as the tool

Definitions

  1. beheading by axe beheading using an axe as the tool

Ancestry of “kirvesmestaus”, step by step

kirvesmestaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mestaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmestausdecapitation, beheading
2Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
3Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems

via Finnish kirves

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirvesaxe
2Proto-Finnickirvesaxe
Every word from Proto-Finnic -us →Every word from Finnish -us →Every word from Finnish mestaus →
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