Where does “tukinta” come from?

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

tukinta (Finnish): blocking, barring, obstructing

Definitions

  1. blocking, barring, obstructing

Ancestry of “tukinta”, 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 →