Where does “kielitaitoinen” come from?

kielitaitoinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kielitaito, from Finnish taito, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

kielitaitoinen (Finnish): having language skills, knowing a language usually a specific language

Definitions

  1. having language skills, knowing a language usually a specific language

Ancestry of “kielitaitoinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkielitaitolanguage skills; language proficiency
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-Uralic -wEvery word from Finnish -oEvery word from Proto-Finnic -o
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