Where does “poimintaväli” come from?

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

poimintaväli (Finnish): sampling interval

Definitions

  1. sampling interval

Ancestry of “poimintaväli”, step by step

poimintaväli 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 väli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishväligap, space; interval; distance
2Proto-Finnicvälji—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -ntä →Every word from Finnish poiminta →