Where does “soittotaito” come from?
soittotaito (Finnish) comes from Finnish Taito, from Finnish taito, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
soittotaito (Finnish): (instrument) playing skill, musicianship
Definitions
- (instrument) playing skill, musicianship
Ancestry of “soittotaito”, step by step
soittotaito traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Taito
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Taito | skill capacity to do something well, particularly one that is acquired or learned |
| 2 | Finnish | taito | skill; art |
| 3 | Finnish | -o | Forms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |
via Finnish soitto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | soitto | music; playing; call, telephone call; ring; bell |
| 2 | Finnish | soittaa | to play; to phone, call; to ring, toll |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |