Where does “nyyhkintä” come from?

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

nyyhkintä (Finnish): sobbing

Definitions

  1. sobbing

Ancestry of “nyyhkintä”, 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 →