Where does “moitinta” come from?

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

moitinta (Finnish): criticizing, rebuking, reproaching, scolding

Definitions

  1. criticizing, rebuking, reproaching, scolding

Ancestry of “moitinta”, step by step

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