Where does “iskentä” come from?

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

iskentä (Finnish): striking, hitting, beating

Definitions

  1. striking, hitting, beating

Ancestry of “iskentä”, step by step

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

Words derived from “iskentä”

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