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Where does “aloitekyvyttömyys” come from?

aloitekyvyttömyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish kyvyttömyys, from Finnish kyvytön, 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...

aloitekyvyttömyys (Finnish): lack of initiative, dependency

Definitions

  1. lack of initiative, dependency

Ancestry of “aloitekyvyttömyys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkyvyttömyysinability; ineptitude
2Finnishkyvytönunskilled; incapable; unable
3Finnishkykyability, capacity, capability; a capable person,...
4FinnishkyetäTo be able to, be capable of, can, be competent...
5Finnish-etäFront vowel variant of -eta
6Proto-Finnic-t'ak—
7Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
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