Where does “keskustelutaito” come from?

keskustelutaito (Finnish) comes from Finnish keskustelu, from Finnish keskustella, from Finnish keskus, from Finnish Keski-, from Proto-Finnic keski, from Proto-Finno-Permic keske.

keskustelutaito (Finnish): conversation skill, communication skill

Definitions

  1. conversation skill, communication skill

Ancestry of “keskustelutaito”, step by step

keskustelutaito traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish keskustelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeskusteluconversation, discussion, talk
2FinnishkeskustellaTo discuss, talk about/over, converse on; To...
3Finnishkeskuscentre/center
4FinnishKeski-middle, central; average, mid-, medium
5Proto-Finnickeskimiddle, center
6Proto-Finno-Permickeske—

via Finnish Taito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishTaitoskill capacity to do something well, particularly one that is acquired or learned
2Finnishtaitoskill; art
3Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
5Proto-Uralic-w—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic keske →Every word from Finnish Keski- →Every word from Finnish keskus →