Where does “kehitysvamma” come from?

kehitysvamma (Finnish) comes from Finnish kehitys, from Finnish kehittää, from Finnish kehitä, from Finnish -itä, from Proto-Finnic -it'ak — Forms verbs.

kehitysvamma (Finnish): developmental disability; mental retardation;...

Definitions

  1. developmental disability; mental retardation;...

Ancestry of “kehitysvamma”, step by step

kehitysvamma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kehitys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkehitysdevelopment, improvement, advancement, evolution
2Finnishkehittääto unravel, unwind; to develop, advance, improve;...
3Finnishkehitä
4Finnish-itäFront vowel variant of -ita
5Proto-Finnic-it'akForms verbs

via Finnish vamma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvammahandicap; injury
2Proto-Norse*ᚹᚨᛗᛗᚨᛉ
3Proto-Germanicwammazspot, stain, blemish
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwemh₁-to spew, to vomit

Words derived from “kehitysvamma

Every word from Proto-Finnic -it'akEvery word from Finnish -itäEvery word from Finnish kehitä
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