Where does “kivenlouhinta” come from?

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

kivenlouhinta (Finnish): stone extraction, stone quarrying

Definitions

  1. stone extraction, stone quarrying

Ancestry of “kivenlouhinta”, step by step

kivenlouhinta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish louhinta

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

via Finnish kivi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkivistone; a piece of stone which is larger than a...
2Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...
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