Where does “polunetsintä” come from?
polunetsintä (Finnish) comes from Finnish polku, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.
polunetsintä (Finnish): pathfinding
Ancestry of “polunetsintä”, step by step
polunetsintä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish polku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | polku | path, trail, track; path; treading, stomping |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |
via Finnish etsintä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | etsintä | search; Partitive singular form of etsin |
| 2 | Finnish | -ntä | Front vowel variant of -nta; API |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -nta | Forms action nouns from verbs |