Where does “käsityskyky” come from?
käsityskyky (Finnish) comes from Finnish käsitys, from Finnish käsittää, from Finnish käsi, from Finnish kahdeksan, from Proto-Finnic kakteksa, from Proto-Finnic kakci, from Proto-Uralic *kakta.
käsityskyky (Finnish): comprehension, undertaking
Definitions
- comprehension, undertaking
Ancestry of “käsityskyky”, step by step
käsityskyky traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish käsitys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | käsitys | conception; impression; opinion, view, viewpoint |
| 2 | Finnish | käsittää | to grasp, catch, reach; to understand,... |
| 3 | Finnish | käsi | hand; arm |
| 4 | Finnish | kahdeksan | eight |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | kakteksa | eight |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | kakci | two |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | *kakta | — |
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... |