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Where does “vesikulkuneuvo” come from?

vesikulkuneuvo (Finnish) comes from Finnish kulkuneuvo, from Finnish kulku, from Finnish kulkea, from Proto-Finnic kulkedak, from Proto-Uralic kulke- — to go, to walk.

vesikulkuneuvo (Finnish): watercraft, water vehicle

Definitions

  1. watercraft, water vehicle

Ancestry of “vesikulkuneuvo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkulkuneuvotransportation, vehicle
2Finnishkulkumotion, journey; course, path; strike
3FinnishkulkeaTo go, walk; to travel; To advance, proceed, make...
4Proto-Finnickulkedakto go; to travel
5Proto-Uralickulke-to go, to walk
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