Where does “puolustuskyky” come from?
puolustuskyky (Finnish) comes from Finnish puolustus, from Finnish puolustaa, from Finnish puolus, from Finnish puoli, from Proto-Finnic pooli, from Proto-Uralic pälä — half.
puolustuskyky (Finnish): ability to defend
Definitions
- ability to defend
Ancestry of “puolustuskyky”, step by step
puolustuskyky traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish puolustus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puolustus | defense US, defence UK |
| 2 | Finnish | puolustaa | to defend |
| 3 | Finnish | puolus | — |
| 4 | Finnish | puoli | half; when followed by a number representing an... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | pooli | half, side; half |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | pälä | half |
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... |