Where does “louhinta” come from?

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

louhinta (Finnish): mining, quarrying, blasting

Definitions

  1. mining, quarrying, blasting

Ancestry of “louhinta”, step by step

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

Words derived from “louhinta

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