Where does “pohdinta” come from?

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

pohdinta (Finnish): deliberation, consideration, pondering, reflection

Definitions

  1. deliberation, consideration, pondering, reflection

Ancestry of “pohdinta”, 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 →