Where does “ilmaisukykyinen” come from?
ilmaisukykyinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish ilmaisukyky, from Finnish ilmaisu, from Finnish ilmaista, from Finnish Ilma, from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
ilmaisukykyinen (Finnish): expressive, capable of expressing
Definitions
- expressive, capable of expressing
Ancestry of “ilmaisukykyinen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ilmaisukyky | expressive power, expressiveness, capacity to express |
| 2 | Finnish | ilmaisu | expression |
| 3 | Finnish | ilmaista | to express; to denote; to indicate, point out,... |
| 4 | Finnish | Ilma | air |
| 5 | Finnish | -ri | Used to create names of occupations from nouns or... |
| 6 | Finnish | -ra | Forms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal... |
| 7 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 8 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |