Where does “pyyntimatka” come from?

pyyntimatka (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyynti, from Finnish -nti, from Finnish -nta, from Proto-Finnic -nta — Forms action nouns from verbs.

pyyntimatka (Finnish): hunting trip, fishing trip; hunting voyage, fishing voyage

Definitions

  1. hunting trip, fishing trip; hunting voyage, fishing voyage

Ancestry of “pyyntimatka”, step by step

pyyntimatka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pyynti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyyntihunting; fishing
2Finnish-ntiForm action nouns from verbs whose first...
3Finnish-ntaForms nouns that describe an action; "erota...
4Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

via Finnish matka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmatkatrip; journey; distance
2Proto-Finnicmatkaway, path; journey, trip; distance
3Proto-Uralicmëtkapassage
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -nti →Every word from Finnish pyynti →