Where does “-ntä” come from?

-ntä (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic -nta — Forms action nouns from verbs.

-ntä (Finnish): Front vowel variant of -nta; API

Definitions

  1. Front vowel variant of -nta; API

Ancestry of “-ntä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

Words derived from “-ntä

Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta