Where does “muuntautumiskyky” come from?
muuntautumiskyky (Finnish) comes from Finnish muuntautuminen, from Finnish muuntautua, from Finnish muuntaa, from Finnish muu, from Proto-Finnic muu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric mu.
muuntautumiskyky (Finnish): adaptability capability of adapting
Definitions
- adaptability capability of adapting
Ancestry of “muuntautumiskyky”, step by step
muuntautumiskyky traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish muuntautuminen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | muuntautuminen | — |
| 2 | Finnish | muuntautua | to transform |
| 3 | Finnish | muuntaa | to convert, transform; Third-person singular... |
| 4 | Finnish | muu | other, another; the others; else |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | muu | other, another; different |
| 6 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | mu | — |
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... |