Where does “pomppulyönti” come from?

pomppulyönti (Finnish) comes from Finnish lyönti, from Finnish -nti, from Finnish -nta, from Proto-Finnic -nta — Forms action nouns from verbs.

pomppulyönti (Finnish): bouncer hit aimed downwards to cause the ball to bounce up high

Definitions

  1. bouncer hit aimed downwards to cause the ball to bounce up high

Ancestry of “pomppulyönti”, step by step

pomppulyönti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lyönti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlyöntiA hit
2Finnish-ntiForm action nouns from verbs whose first...
3Finnish-ntaForms nouns that describe an action; "erota...
4Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

via Finnish pomppu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpomppubounce
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -nti →Every word from Finnish lyönti →