Where does “kykenemättömyys” come from?
kykenemättömyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish kykenemätön, from Finnish kyetä, from Finnish -etä, from Proto-Finnic -t'ak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
kykenemättömyys (Finnish): incapability
Definitions
- incapability
Ancestry of “kykenemättömyys”, step by step
kykenemättömyys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kykenemätön
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kykenemätön | incapable; Negative participle of kyetä |
| 2 | Finnish | kyetä | To be able to, be capable of, can, be competent... |
| 3 | Finnish | -etä | Front vowel variant of -eta |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -t'ak | Forms verbs from nominal stems, generally with a causative, factitive or instrumental meaning |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |
via Finnish uus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uus | Alternative form of uusi |