Where does “makuuammunta” come from?

makuuammunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish makuu, from Finnish -uu, from Finnish -au, from Finnish -ao, from Proto-Finnic -ado, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

makuuammunta (Finnish): shooting in prone position in biathlon

Definitions

  1. shooting in prone position in biathlon

Ancestry of “makuuammunta”, step by step

makuuammunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish makuu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmakuulying; sleeping
2Finnish-uuForms nouns from verbs
3Finnish-au—
4Finnish-ao—
5Proto-Finnic-ado—
6Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
7Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish ammunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishammuntashooting, gunnery; mooing
2FinnishampuaTo shoot
3Proto-Finnicampudakto shoot
4Proto-Finno-Permicampɜ-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →Every word from Finnish -uu →