Where does “sydämenlyönti” come from?
sydämenlyönti (Finnish) comes from Finnish lyönti, from Finnish -nti, from Finnish -nta, from Proto-Finnic -nta.
sydämenlyönti (Finnish): heartbeat
Ancestry of “sydämenlyönti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | lyönti | A hit |
| 2 | Finnish | -nti | Form action nouns from verbs whose first... |
| 3 | Finnish | -nta | Forms nouns that describe an action; "erota... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -nta | — |