Where does “tartunta” come from?

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

tartunta (Finnish): contagion, infection

Definitions

  1. contagion, infection

Ancestry of “tartunta”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tartunta

Every word from Proto-Finnic -ntaEvery word from Finnish -ntä
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