Where does “heikkotahtoinen” come from?

heikkotahtoinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish tahto, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tahto.

heikkotahtoinen (Finnish): weak-willed, weak-minded

Definitions

  1. weak-willed, weak-minded

Ancestry of “heikkotahtoinen”, step by step

heikkotahtoinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tahto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtahtowill; way
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*tahto

via Finnish heikko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishheikkoweak; faint; feeble
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tahto