Where does “soutuvene” come from?

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

soutuvene (Finnish): rowboat

Definitions

  1. rowboat

Ancestry of “soutuvene”, step by step

soutuvene 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 vene

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveneboat
2Proto-Finnicvenehboat
Every word from Proto-Uralic *suxta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic soutadak →Every word from Finnish soutaa →