Where does “suoneniskentä” come from?

suoneniskentä (Finnish) comes from Finnish suoni, from Proto-Finnic sooni, from Proto-Uralic sëne — vein, blood vessel; sinew.

suoneniskentä (Finnish): bloodletting

Definitions

  1. bloodletting

Ancestry of “suoneniskentä”, step by step

suoneniskentä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suoni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuonivein; Short for verisuoni; tendon, sinew; still...
2Proto-Finnicsoonisinew
3Proto-Uralicsënevein, blood vessel; sinew

via Finnish iskentä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishiskentästriking, hitting, beating
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Uralic sëne →Every word from Proto-Finnic sooni →Every word from Finnish suoni →