Where does “poljenta” come from?

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

poljenta (Finnish): stamping; pedaling; oppressing, oppression

Definitions

  1. stamping; pedaling; oppressing, oppression

Ancestry of “poljenta”, step by step

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

Words derived from “poljenta”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -ntä →