Where does “hieronta” come from?

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

hieronta (Finnish): massage; massacre

Definitions

  1. massage; massacre

Ancestry of “hieronta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
2Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

Words derived from “hieronta”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -ntä →