laskenta etymology

Finnish word laskenta comes from Finnish laskea, Finnish -nta (Forms nouns that describe an action.)

Detailed word origin of laskenta

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
laskea Finnish (fin) (intransitive) to fall, drop. (intransitive) to lower (e.g. of prices), decrease (e.g. of the amount of sth). (intransitive) to slide (down; by using some vehicle or instrument). (intransitive, e.g. of a road or hill) to slope down, descend, drop off. (intransitive, of a river) to flow to a larger body of water. (intransitive, of the Sun) to set. (transitive) (+ genitive-accusative + [...]
-nta Finnish (fin) Forms nouns that describe an action.
laskenta Finnish (fin) Calculus. Computation, calculation.

Words with the same origin as laskenta

Descendants of laskea
laskelma laskematon laskento laskeskella lasketella laskettaa laskettelu laskeutua laskin lasko laskuri
Descendants of -nta
halveksinta hieronta idäntä kellunta kullanhuuhdonta kysyntä liikunta perustanta puhkinta sanonta säädäntä taionta taonta tartunta toiminta torjunta torjuntahävittäjä töpeksintä uusinta vaihdanta vaihdunta valinta valvonta ärjyntä