Where does “seuranta-ammunta” come from?

seuranta-ammunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish ammunta, from Finnish ampua, from Proto-Finnic ampudak, from Proto-Finno-Permic ampɜ-.

seuranta-ammunta (Finnish): targeted anti-aircraft fire that seeks to shoot down aircraft, as opposed to e.g. area denial barrages that seek to prevent aircraft from reaching their target

Definitions

  1. targeted anti-aircraft fire that seeks to shoot down aircraft, as opposed to e.g. area denial barrages that seek to prevent aircraft from reaching their target

Ancestry of “seuranta-ammunta”, step by step

seuranta-ammunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ammunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishammuntashooting, gunnery; mooing
2FinnishampuaTo shoot
3Proto-Finnicampudakto shoot
4Proto-Finno-Permicampɜ-

via Finnish seuranta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseurantatracking, monitoring; control
2Finnishseuratato follow, accompany; to keep track, monitor; to...
3Finnishseuracompany; society; club, especially a...
4Proto-Finnicseprafriend; friendship, companionship
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic ampɜ-Every word from Proto-Finnic ampudakEvery word from Finnish ampua