Where does “kykenemätön” come from?
kykenemätön (Finnish) comes from Finnish kyetä, from Finnish -etä, from Proto-Finnic -t'ak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
kykenemätön (Finnish): incapable; Negative participle of kyetä
Definitions
- incapable; Negative participle of kyetä
Ancestry of “kykenemätön”, step by step
kykenemätön traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kyetä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kyetä | To be able to, be capable of, can, be competent... |
| 2 | Finnish | -etä | Front vowel variant of -eta |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -t'ak | Forms verbs from nominal stems, generally with a causative, factitive or instrumental meaning |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |
via Finnish maton
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maton | Genitive singular form of matto |