Where does “peittokyky” come from?

peittokyky (Finnish) comes from Finnish kyky, from Finnish kyetä, from Finnish -etä, from Proto-Finnic -t'ak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

peittokyky (Finnish): hiding power e.g. of paint, the capability to hide the surface of an object

Definitions

  1. hiding power e.g. of paint, the capability to hide the surface of an object

Ancestry of “peittokyky”, step by step

peittokyky traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kyky

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkykyability, capacity, capability; a capable person,...
2FinnishkyetäTo be able to, be capable of, can, be competent...
3Finnish-etäFront vowel variant of -eta
4Proto-Finnic-t'akForms verbs from nominal stems, generally with a causative, factitive or instrumental meaning
5Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

via Finnish peitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeittoblanket; cover, coverage
2Finnishpeittääto cover
3Proto-Finnicpeittädäkto cover; to hide, to conceal
4Proto-Finnicpej-
5Proto-Uralic*pälkäthumb
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta-Every word from Finnish -etäEvery word from Finnish kyetä
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