Where does “valaanpyyntialus” come from?
valaanpyyntialus (Finnish) comes from Finnish valaanpyynti, from Finnish pyynti, from Finnish -nti, from Finnish -nta, from Proto-Finnic -nta.
valaanpyyntialus (Finnish): whaling ship
Ancestry of “valaanpyyntialus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | valaanpyynti | whaling |
| 2 | Finnish | pyynti | hunting; fishing |
| 3 | Finnish | -nti | Form action nouns from verbs whose first... |
| 4 | Finnish | -nta | Forms nouns that describe an action; "erota... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -nta | — |