Where does “pengerlouhinta” come from?

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

pengerlouhinta (Finnish): benching, bench mining

Definitions

  1. benching, bench mining

Ancestry of “pengerlouhinta”, step by step

pengerlouhinta 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 penger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpengerembankment; bank; terrace
2Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -ntä →Every word from Finnish louhinta →
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