Where does “loiskiehunta” come from?

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

loiskiehunta (Finnish): parasitic boiling

Definitions

  1. parasitic boiling

Ancestry of “loiskiehunta”, step by step

loiskiehunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kiehunta

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

via Finnish loinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishloinenparasite; parasitic
2Finnishluo-—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →
loiskiehunta — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer