Where does “monivalintatehtävä” come from?

monivalintatehtävä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tehtävä, from Finnish tehdä, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

monivalintatehtävä (Finnish): multiple-choice question, multiple-choice assignment

Definitions

  1. multiple-choice question, multiple-choice assignment

Ancestry of “monivalintatehtävä”, step by step

monivalintatehtävä traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tehtävä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtehtävätask a piece of work done as part of one's duties
2Finnishtehdäto do, perform, execute; to make, manufacture; to...
3Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
4Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Finnish valinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalintaselection; choice; volition
2Finnishvalitato choose, select, elect; Indicative present...
3Proto-Finnicvalit'akto choose, to pick, to select
4Proto-Germanicwaljanąto choose, to pick, to select
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwelh₁-to choose; to want

via Finnish moni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmonimany; few, quite a few; many people, many
2Proto-Finnicmonimany
3Proto-Finno-Permicmone
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-
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