Where does “keksimiskyky” come from?
keksimiskyky (Finnish) comes from Finnish keksiminen, from Finnish keksiä, from Finnish keksi, from Swedish kex, from English cakes, from English cake, from Middle English cake, from Old Norse kaka — round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump.
keksimiskyky (Finnish): inventiveness, inventive ability, inventing ability
Definitions
- inventiveness, inventive ability, inventing ability
Ancestry of “keksimiskyky”, step by step
keksimiskyky traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish keksiminen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | keksiminen | — |
| 2 | Finnish | keksiä | to invent; to make up, concoct, imagine or... |
| 3 | Finnish | keksi | cookie; biscuit, cracker; pike pole used in log... |
| 4 | Swedish | kex | cookie, cracker, biscuit |
| 5 | English | cakes | plural of cake; Third-person singular simple... |
| 6 | English | cake | A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of... |
| 7 | Middle English | cake | cake; A cake prepared to cure disease or illness;... |
| 8 | Old Norse | kaka | cake |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | kakǭ | cake |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gōg- | round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump |
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... |