Where does “välkyntä” come from?

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

välkyntä (Finnish): glittering, glinting

Definitions

  1. glittering, glinting

Ancestry of “välkyntä”, 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 →