Where does “sudenpyynti” come from?

sudenpyynti (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyynti, from Finnish -nti, from Finnish -nta, from Proto-Finnic -nta — Forms action nouns from verbs.

sudenpyynti (Finnish): wolf hunting

Definitions

  1. wolf hunting

Ancestry of “sudenpyynti”, step by step

sudenpyynti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pyynti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyyntihunting; fishing
2Finnish-ntiForm action nouns from verbs whose first...
3Finnish-ntaForms nouns that describe an action; "erota...
4Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

via Finnish susi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsusigrey wolf; dud
2Proto-Finnicsuciwolf
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -nti →Every word from Finnish pyynti →