Where does “valaanpyyntikielto” come from?
valaanpyyntikielto (Finnish) comes from Finnish kielto, from Finnish kieltää, from Finnish kieli, from Proto-Finnic keeli, from Proto-Uralic käle — tongue; language.
valaanpyyntikielto (Finnish): whaling moratorium, whaling ban
Definitions
- whaling moratorium, whaling ban
Ancestry of “valaanpyyntikielto”, step by step
valaanpyyntikielto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kielto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kielto | ban, prohibition |
| 2 | Finnish | kieltää | to forbid; to forbid, to disallow, to ban, to... |
| 3 | Finnish | kieli | tongue; language; string |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | keeli | tongue; language |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | käle | tongue; language |
via Finnish valaanpyynti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Forms action nouns from verbs |