Where does “pyyntitapa” come from?

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

pyyntitapa (Finnish): hunting method, fishing method

Definitions

  1. hunting method, fishing method

Ancestry of “pyyntitapa”, step by step

pyyntitapa 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 tapa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtapacustom; habit; manner
2Proto-Finnictapaway, custom; nature
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -nti →Every word from Finnish pyynti →