Where does “avolouhinta” come from?

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

avolouhinta (Finnish): open-pit mining

Definitions

  1. open-pit mining

Ancestry of “avolouhinta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlouhintamining, quarrying, blasting
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -ntä →Every word from Finnish louhinta →
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