Where does “pyyntielinkeino” come from?
pyyntielinkeino (Finnish) comes from Finnish elinkeino, from Finnish elin-, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
pyyntielinkeino (Finnish): hunting and fishing livelihood
Definitions
- hunting and fishing livelihood
Ancestry of “pyyntielinkeino”, step by step
pyyntielinkeino traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish elinkeino
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | elinkeino | livelihood, living; trade, business |
| 2 | Finnish | elin- | living, life |
| 3 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish pyynti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pyynti | hunting; fishing |
| 2 | Finnish | -nti | Form action nouns from verbs whose first... |
| 3 | Finnish | -nta | Forms nouns that describe an action; "erota... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -nta | Forms action nouns from verbs |