Where does “koskivene” come from?

koskivene (Finnish) comes from Finnish Koski, from Proto-Finnic koski, from Proto-Uralic kośke.

koskivene (Finnish): boat descending or designed to descend through rapids

Definitions

  1. boat descending or designed to descend through rapids

Ancestry of “koskivene”, step by step

koskivene traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Koski

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKoskiAny of a number of small places in Finland and Karelia
2Proto-Finnickoskia continuous series of relatively small...
3Proto-Uralickośke—

via Finnish vene

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveneboat
2Proto-Finnicvenehboat
Every word from Proto-Uralic kośke →Every word from Proto-Finnic koski →Every word from Finnish Koski →