Where does “räjähdevene” come from?

räjähdevene (Finnish) comes from Finnish vene, from Proto-Finnic veneh — boat.

räjähdevene (Finnish): a boat filled with explosives, such as a sea drone

Definitions

  1. a boat filled with explosives, such as a sea drone

Ancestry of “räjähdevene”, step by step

räjähdevene traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vene

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveneboat
2Proto-Finnicvenehboat

via Finnish räjähde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishräjähdeexplosive
2Finnishräjähtääto explode, burst, blow up; to detonate; to blow...
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