Where does “lisääntymiskyky” come from?
lisääntymiskyky (Finnish) comes from Finnish lisääntyminen, from Finnish lisääntyä, from Finnish -Vntua, from Finnish -untua, from Finnish -ntua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.
lisääntymiskyky (Finnish): fecundity
Definitions
- fecundity
Ancestry of “lisääntymiskyky”, step by step
lisääntymiskyky traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lisääntyminen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lisääntyminen | reproduction; Fourth infinitive of lisääntyä |
| 2 | Finnish | lisääntyä | To reproduce; To increase |
| 3 | Finnish | -Vntua | Forms passive verbs |
| 4 | Finnish | -untua | — |
| 5 | Finnish | -ntua | Forms reflexive or inchoative intransitive verbs |
| 6 | Finnish | -ua | Forms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs... |
| 7 | Proto-Finnic | -üdäk | Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs |
via Finnish kyky
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kyky | ability, capacity, capability; a capable person,... |
| 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... |