Where does “pyyntikausi” come from?
pyyntikausi (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyynti, from Finnish -nti, from Finnish -nta, from Proto-Finnic -nta — Forms action nouns from verbs.
pyyntikausi (Finnish): fishing season
Ancestry of “pyyntikausi”, step by step
pyyntikausi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Finnish kausi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kausi | period, age, epoch, season; term; period |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kauci | (section of a) road, way, path; part of a journey |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | kawte | road? way? passage ? |