Where does “viikinkialus” come from?

viikinkialus (Finnish) comes from Finnish viikinki, from Swedish Viking, from Old Norse víkingr, from Proto-Germanic wīkingaz.

viikinkialus (Finnish): Viking ship

Definitions

  1. Viking ship

Ancestry of “viikinkialus”, step by step

viikinkialus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viikinki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishviikinkiViking
2SwedishVikinga Viking
3Old NorsevíkingrViking
4Proto-Germanicwīkingaz—

via Finnish alus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalusvessel, craft, ship; underlay, base; subject
2Finnishalaarea, field, domain; field, discipline; industry,...
3Proto-Finnicalalower; under
4Proto-Uralicëlabelow
Every word from Proto-Germanic wīkingaz →Every word from Old Norse víkingr →Every word from Swedish Viking →