Where does “riistakanta” come from?

riistakanta (Finnish) comes from Finnish kanta, from Proto-Finnic kanta, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kanta.

riistakanta (Finnish): game population, wildlife population

Definitions

  1. game population, wildlife population

Ancestry of “riistakanta”, step by step

riistakanta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kanta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkantastem; position, opinion, point of view, account;...
2Proto-Finnickantaheel
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickanta—

via Finnish riista

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishriistagame
2Proto-Finnicriistaobject, item, ware
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