Where does “soututuhto” come from?

soututuhto (Finnish) comes from Finnish soutu, from Finnish soutaa, from Proto-Finnic soutadak, from Proto-Uralic *suxta- — to transport with a boat.

soututuhto (Finnish): rowing thwart, rowing bench

Definitions

  1. rowing thwart, rowing bench

Ancestry of “soututuhto”, step by step

soututuhto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish soutu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsouturowing
2Finnishsoutaato row
3Proto-Finnicsoutadakto row
4Proto-Uralic*suxta-to transport with a boat

via Finnish tuhto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuhtothwart seat across a boat on which a rower may sit
Every word from Proto-Uralic *suxta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic soutadak →Every word from Finnish soutaa →