Where does “lyöntipinta” come from?

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

lyöntipinta (Finnish): face part of a golf club that hits the ball

Definitions

  1. face part of a golf club that hits the ball

Ancestry of “lyöntipinta”, step by step

lyöntipinta 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 pinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpintasurface
2Proto-Finnicpintasurface; sapwood; fat
3Proto-Germanicspindazfat; lard; grease; smear; marrow
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -nti →Every word from Finnish lyönti →