Where does “ammattitaito” come from?

ammattitaito (Finnish) comes from Finnish ammatti, from Middle Low German ambacht, from Old Saxon ambaht, from Proto-Germanic ambahtaz, from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic ambaxtos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

ammattitaito (Finnish): workmanship; professional skills of a person as a...

Definitions

  1. workmanship; professional skills of a person as a...

Ancestry of “ammattitaito”, step by step

ammattitaito traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ammatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishammattiprofession, vocation, occupation; professional,...
2Middle Low Germanambacht—
3Old Saxonambahtservice
4Proto-Germanicambahtazservant
5Gaulishambaxtosvassal, high-ranking servant
6Proto-Celticambaxtosservant
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

via Finnish Taito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishTaitoskill capacity to do something well, particularly one that is acquired or learned
2Finnishtaitoskill; art
3Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
5Proto-Uralic-w—

Words derived from “ammattitaito”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →Every word from Proto-Celtic ambaxtos →Every word from Gaulish ambaxtos →