Where does “nykytaiteilija” come from?
nykytaiteilija (Finnish) comes from Finnish taiteilija, from Finnish taiteilla, from Finnish taide, from Finnish taitaa, from Proto-Finnic taitadak, from Proto-Finnic taje-.
nykytaiteilija (Finnish): modern artist
Ancestry of “nykytaiteilija”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | taiteilija | artist |
| 2 | Finnish | taiteilla | To do something that demonstrates high skill,... |
| 3 | Finnish | taide | art |
| 4 | Finnish | taitaa | to know, master, command, have a command of, have... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | taitadak | to know |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | taje- | — |