Where does “turskanpyynti” come from?
turskanpyynti (Finnish) comes from Finnish turska, from Proto-Finnic turska, from Proto-Germanic þurskaz, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.
turskanpyynti (Finnish): cod fishing
Ancestry of “turskanpyynti”, step by step
turskanpyynti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish turska
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | turska | A cod; loss |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | turska | cod (Gadus morhua) |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | þurskaz | cod |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ters- | dry |
via Finnish pyynti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pyynti | hunting; fishing |
| 2 | Finnish | -nti | Form action nouns from verbs whose first... |
| 3 | Finnish | -nta | Forms nouns that describe an action; "erota... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -nta | Forms action nouns from verbs |