Where does “aloitekyky” come from?
aloitekyky (Finnish) comes from Finnish kyky, from Finnish kyetä, from Finnish -etä, from Proto-Finnic -t'ak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
aloitekyky (Finnish): initiative
Definitions
- initiative
Ancestry of “aloitekyky”, step by step
aloitekyky traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kyky
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kyky | ability, capacity, capability; a capable person,... |
| 2 | Finnish | kyetä | To be able to, be capable of, can, be competent... |
| 3 | Finnish | -etä | Front vowel variant of -eta |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -t'ak | Forms verbs from nominal stems, generally with a causative, factitive or instrumental meaning |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |
via Finnish aloite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | aloite | initiative; Short for edustaja-aloite |
| 2 | Finnish | aloittaa | to start, begin, commence; to go ahead |
| 3 | Finnish | alkaa | to begin, start, initiate, set in, be initiated, originate, be originated, take its origin |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | alkadak | to begin, to start |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | alka- | beginning |