Where does “sulkavene” come from?

sulkavene (Finnish) comes from Finnish sulka, from Proto-Finnic sulka, from Proto-Uralic tulka — feather.

sulkavene (Finnish): A class of small wooden sailing boat

Definitions

  1. A class of small wooden sailing boat

Ancestry of “sulkavene”, step by step

sulkavene traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sulka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsulkafeather; windscreen wiper rubber blade
2Proto-Finnicsulkafeather
3Proto-Uralictulkafeather

via Finnish vene

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveneboat
2Proto-Finnicvenehboat
Every word from Proto-Uralic tulka →Every word from Proto-Finnic sulka →Every word from Finnish sulka →