Where does “laakalyönti” come from?

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

laakalyönti (Finnish): drive ball struck in a flat trajectory

Definitions

  1. drive ball struck in a flat trajectory

Ancestry of “laakalyönti”, step by step

laakalyönti 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 laaka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaakahorizontal, flat; horizontal hit, line drive
2Proto-Finniclaakalow
3Proto-Norselāgaʀ—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -nti →Every word from Finnish lyönti →