Where does “veneenveisto” come from?

veneenveisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish veisto, from Finnish veistää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

veneenveisto (Finnish): boatbuilding construction of boats, especially wooden ones

Definitions

  1. boatbuilding construction of boats, especially wooden ones

Ancestry of “veneenveisto”, step by step

veneenveisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish veisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveistocarving, the act of carving; sculpting, the act...
2Finnishveistääto carve, cut, whittle; to sculpture, sculpt, hew
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish vene

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveneboat
2Proto-Finnicvenehboat
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →