Where does “laskutaito” come from?
laskutaito (Finnish) comes from Finnish Taito, from Finnish taito, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
laskutaito (Finnish): numeracy
Ancestry of “laskutaito”, step by step
laskutaito traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Taito
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Taito | skill capacity to do something well, particularly one that is acquired or learned |
| 2 | Finnish | taito | skill; art |
| 3 | Finnish | -o | Forms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |
via Finnish lasku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lasku | descent, an instance of descending, sliding down... |
| 2 | Votic | laskõa | to let go, let loose, release |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | laskedak | to drop, to fall; to release; to let, to allow |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | laćke- | — |
Words derived from “laskutaito”