-minen

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

-minen

1. Forms verbal nouns or action 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 on tuleminen tänne ― you shall come here

  sinun ei ole tänne tulemista ― you shall not come here

  hän ajoi ajamistaan ― he drove and 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. See Appendix:Finnish verb phrases.

• menin, minne, nimen