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Where does “kehitysvammaisuus” come from?

kehitysvammaisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kehitysvammainen, from Finnish kehitysvamma, from Finnish kehitys, from Finnish kehittää, from Finnish kehitä, from Finnish -itä, from Proto-Finnic -it'ak.

kehitysvammaisuus (Finnish): mental retardedness; learning disability;...

Definitions

  1. mental retardedness; learning disability;...

Ancestry of “kehitysvammaisuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkehitysvammainena mentally retarded person; being mentally...
2Finnishkehitysvammadevelopmental disability; mental retardation;...
3Finnishkehitysdevelopment, improvement, advancement, evolution
4Finnishkehittääto unravel, unwind; to develop, advance, improve;...
5Finnishkehitä—
6Finnish-itäFront vowel variant of -ita
7Proto-Finnic-it'ak—
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