Where does “sauvonta” come from?

sauvonta (Finnish) comes from Finnish sauvoa, from Finnish sauva, from Proto-Finnic sauva, from Proto-Finno-Ugric śawŋa.

sauvonta (Finnish): poling

Definitions

  1. poling

Ancestry of “sauvonta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsauvoato pole
2Finnishsauvawand, staff, stick, rod; ski pole; rod cell
3Proto-Finnicsauvastaff, stick
4Proto-Finno-Ugricśawŋa—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric śawŋa →Every word from Proto-Finnic sauva →Every word from Finnish sauva →