Where does “kosinta” come from?

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

kosinta (Finnish): proposal of marriage

Definitions

  1. proposal of marriage

Ancestry of “kosinta”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kosinta

Every word from Proto-Finnic -ntaEvery word from Finnish -ntä