Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-nta
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Uralic *-nta.
Suffix
edit*-nta / *-ntä
- Forms action nouns from verbs.
Inflection
editThis noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
editCategory Proto-Finnic terms suffixed with *-nta (deverbal) not found
Descendants
edit- Finnish: -nta
Etymology 2
editAccording to SKRK, from the same origin as *-nci.
Suffix
edit*-nta / *-ntä
- Rarely forms nouns for people.
Inflection
editThis noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Finnish: -nta
Etymology 3
editFormed from *-na (essive suffix) + *-ta (partitive suffix), perhaps by analogy with *-lta, *-sta.
Suffix
edit*-nta / *-ntä
- Marks the exessive case.
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- Hakulinen, Lauri. 1941–2000. Suomen kielen rakenne ja kehitys ('The Structure and Development of the Finnish Language'). Helsinki: Otava/Helsingin yliopisto.