Where does “kielitaito” come from?
kielitaito (Finnish) comes from Finnish taito, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
kielitaito (Finnish): language skills; language proficiency
Definitions
- language skills; language proficiency
Ancestry of “kielitaito”, step by step
kielitaito traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish taito
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taito | skill; art |
| 2 | Finnish | -o | Forms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |
via Finnish kieli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kieli | tongue; language; string |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | keeli | tongue; language |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | käle | tongue; language |
Words derived from “kielitaito”