Where does “erätaito” come from?

erätaito (Finnish) comes from Finnish Taito, from Finnish taito, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

erätaito (Finnish): outdoor skill, survival skill, wilderness skill

Definitions

  1. outdoor skill, survival skill, wilderness skill

Ancestry of “erätaito”, step by step

erätaito traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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—

via Finnish erä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisheräbatch; lot; Short for maksuerä
2Proto-Finniceräapart, separate
3Proto-Finno-Ugriceräapart
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Finnish -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →