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Where does “kyvytön” come from?

kyvytön (Finnish) comes from Finnish kyky, from Finnish kyetä, from Finnish -etä, from Proto-Finnic -t'ak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

kyvytön (Finnish): unskilled; incapable; unable

Definitions

  1. unskilled; incapable; unable

Ancestry of “kyvytön”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkykyability, capacity, capability; a capable person,...
2FinnishkyetäTo be able to, be capable of, can, be competent...
3Finnish-etäFront vowel variant of -eta
4Proto-Finnic-t'ak—
5Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

Words derived from “kyvytön”

  • kävelykyvyttömyys
  • maksukyvytön
  • työkyvyttömyyseläke
  • aloitekyvyttömyys
  • kyvyttömyys
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