Where does “leikkivene” come from?

leikkivene (Finnish) comes from Finnish vene, from Proto-Finnic veneh — boat.

leikkivene (Finnish): toy boat

Definitions

  1. toy boat

Ancestry of “leikkivene”, step by step

leikkivene traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vene

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveneboat
2Proto-Finnicvenehboat

via Finnish leikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleikkiplay; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2Old Swedishleker—
Every word from Proto-Finnic veneh →Every word from Finnish vene →