Where does “kärkilyönti” come from?

kärkilyönti (Finnish) comes from Finnish lyönti, from Finnish -nti, from Finnish -nta, from Proto-Finnic -nta — Forms action nouns from verbs.

kärkilyönti (Finnish): hit to move the furthest baserunner possibly the batter

Definitions

  1. hit to move the furthest baserunner possibly the batter

Ancestry of “kärkilyönti”, step by step

kärkilyönti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lyönti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlyöntiA hit
2Finnish-ntiForm action nouns from verbs whose first...
3Finnish-ntaForms nouns that describe an action; "erota...
4Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

via Finnish kärki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkärkipoint, tip, cusp; lead; vertex
2Proto-Finnickärkiblack woodpecker
3Proto-Finno-Permickärke—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -nti →Every word from Finnish lyönti →