Where does “luovutuskyky” come from?
luovutuskyky (Finnish) comes from Finnish luovutus, from Finnish luovuttaa, from Finnish luopua, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
luovutuskyky (Finnish): donicity
Definitions
- donicity
Ancestry of “luovutuskyky”, step by step
luovutuskyky traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish luovutus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | luovutus | extradition; donation; release, surrender |
| 2 | Finnish | luovuttaa | to hand over, surrender, give up, deliver,... |
| 3 | Finnish | luopua | to abandon, relinquish |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
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... |