Where does “kirjoitustaitoinen” come from?

kirjoitustaitoinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirjoitustaito, from Finnish Taito, from Finnish taito, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

kirjoitustaitoinen (Finnish): literate

Definitions

  1. literate

Ancestry of “kirjoitustaitoinen”, step by step

kirjoitustaitoinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kirjoitustaito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjoitustaitoability to write
2FinnishTaitoskill capacity to do something well, particularly one that is acquired or learned
3Finnishtaitoskill; art
4Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
6Proto-Uralic-w

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen
Every word from Proto-Uralic -wEvery word from Finnish -oEvery word from Proto-Finnic -o