Where does “sukellusvene” come from?

sukellusvene (Finnish) comes from Finnish sukellus, from Finnish -us, from Proto-Finnic -us — Forms some nouns from nominal stems.

sukellusvene (Finnish): submarine

Definitions

  1. submarine

Ancestry of “sukellusvene”, step by step

sukellusvene traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sukellus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsukellusdive, diving
2Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
3Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems

via Finnish vene

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveneboat
2Proto-Finnicvenehboat

Words derived from “sukellusvene”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -us →Every word from Finnish -us →Every word from Finnish sukellus →