Where does “nahinointi” come from?

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

nahinointi (Finnish): skirmish

Definitions

  1. skirmish

Ancestry of “nahinointi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ntiForm action nouns from verbs whose first...
2Finnish-ntaForms nouns that describe an action; "erota...
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Finnic -ntaEvery word from Finnish -ntiEvery word from Finnish -nta