Where does “heikkotehoinen” come from?

heikkotehoinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish tehoinen, from Finnish teho, from Finnish tehdä, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

heikkotehoinen (Finnish): weak, inefficient, not powerful, lacking power

Definitions

  1. weak, inefficient, not powerful, lacking power

Ancestry of “heikkotehoinen”, step by step

heikkotehoinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tehoinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtehoinenwith a power (of)
2Finnishtehopower, effect; power; throughout
3Finnishtehdäto do, perform, execute; to make, manufacture; to...
4Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
5Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Finnish heikko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishheikkoweak; faint; feeble
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-