FromProto-Finnic*-minën. Equivalent to-m- +‎-inen.^[1]

-minen

1. Formsverbal nouns oraction nouns from verbs, mostly corresponds to the English gerund suffix-ing.

   ‎kirjoittaa(“to write”) + ‎-minen → ‎kirjoittaminen(“writing”)

   ‎syödä(“to eat”) + ‎-minen → ‎syöminen(“eating”)

• Can be used with any verb, like English-ing. Attached to the strong verb stem.
• Some uses of the verbal noun forms are termed a "fourth infinitive" by some grammars.

  sinun ontuleminen tänne ―you shallcome here

  sinun ei ole tännetulemista ―you shall notcome here

  hän ajoiajamistaan ―he droveand drove

• As with all nominals belonging to the same declension class, the combining form of-minen nouns, which is used before other words in a compound, is obtained by dropping the final-nen and replacing it with-s-.
• When creating action nouns for verb phrases, the word order and some other aspects of the verb phrase may change. SeeAppendix:Finnish verb phrases.

• menin,minne,nimen