Where does “ryintä” come from?

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

ryintä (Finnish): clearing one's throat

Definitions

  1. clearing one's throat

Ancestry of “ryintä”, 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 →
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