Where does “sulkupyydys” come from?

sulkupyydys (Finnish) comes from Finnish sulku, from Finnish sulkea, from Proto-Finnic sülkedäk, from Proto-Finno-Permic śulke-.

sulkupyydys (Finnish): any device used to catch fish that lets fish get in, but not out

Definitions

  1. any device used to catch fish that lets fish get in, but not out

Ancestry of “sulkupyydys”, step by step

sulkupyydys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sulku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsulkubracket; blockade; lock
2Finnishsulkeato close, shut; to turn off, to switch off
3Proto-Finnicsülkedäkto spit
4Proto-Finno-Permicśulke-—

via Finnish pyydys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyydystrap
2Finnishpyytääto request, ask; to demand, insist; to petition,...
3Proto-Finnicpüütädäkto catch; to hunt
4Proto-Uralicpüwtä-—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic śulke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic sülkedäk →Every word from Finnish sulkea →