Where does “ilmaisukyky” come from?
ilmaisukyky (Finnish) comes from Finnish ilmaisu, from Finnish ilmaista, from Finnish Ilma, from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
ilmaisukyky (Finnish): expressive power, expressiveness, capacity to express
Definitions
- expressive power, expressiveness, capacity to express
Ancestry of “ilmaisukyky”, step by step
ilmaisukyky traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ilmaisu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ilmaisu | expression |
| 2 | Finnish | ilmaista | to express; to denote; to indicate, point out,... |
| 3 | Finnish | Ilma | air |
| 4 | Finnish | -ri | Used to create names of occupations from nouns or... |
| 5 | Finnish | -ra | Forms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal... |
| 6 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |
via Finnish kyky
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kyky | ability, capacity, capability; a capable person,... |
| 2 | Finnish | kyetä | To be able to, be capable of, can, be competent... |
| 3 | Finnish | -etä | Front vowel variant of -eta |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -t'ak | Forms verbs from nominal stems, generally with a causative, factitive or instrumental meaning |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |