Where does “piirtokyky” come from?
piirtokyky (Finnish) comes from Finnish piirto, from Old High German Berhthold, from Proto-Germanic *Berhtawald, from Proto-Germanic *berht, from Proto-Germanic berhtaz, from Proto-Germanic hrabnaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱorh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- — army.
piirtokyky (Finnish): drawing capability
Definitions
- drawing capability
Ancestry of “piirtokyky”, step by step
piirtokyky traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish piirto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | piirto | stroke; the core of a pirn in a weaving shuttle |
| 2 | Old High German | Berhthold | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *Berhtawald | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *berht | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | berhtaz | bright, shining |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hrabnaz | raven |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
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... |