Where does “poimintalasta” come from?

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

poimintalasta (Finnish): weaving sword

Definitions

  1. weaving sword

Ancestry of “poimintalasta”, step by step

poimintalasta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish poiminta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoimintacollecting, picking
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

via Finnish lasta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlastasplint; spatula, scraper; Synonym of paistinlasta
2Proto-Finniclastashake, splint, slat
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -ntä →Every word from Finnish poiminta →
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