Where does “louhintasuunta” come from?

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

louhintasuunta (Finnish): direction of mining

Definitions

  1. direction of mining

Ancestry of “louhintasuunta”, step by step

louhintasuunta 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 suunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuuntadirection; hand; path
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -ntä →Every word from Finnish louhinta →