Where does “pengonta” come from?
pengonta (Finnish) comes from Finnish penkoa, from Finnish -oa, from Proto-Finnic -odak, from Proto-Uralic -w-.
pengonta (Finnish): rummage, rummaging
Ancestry of “pengonta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | penkoa | to rummage, to forage, to dig through |
| 2 | Finnish | -oa | Forms frequentative verbs, primarily from nouns... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -odak | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -w- | — |