Where does “laskutaitoinen” come from?

laskutaitoinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish laskutaito, from Finnish Taito, from Finnish taito, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

laskutaitoinen (Finnish): numerate

Definitions

  1. numerate

Ancestry of “laskutaitoinen”, step by step

laskutaitoinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish laskutaito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaskutaitonumeracy
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