Where does “suorituskyky” come from?

suorituskyky (Finnish) comes from Finnish suoritus, from Finnish suorittaa, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

suorituskyky (Finnish): performance

Definitions

  1. performance

Ancestry of “suorituskyky”, step by step

suorituskyky traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suoritus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuoritusperformance; payment; execution
2Finnishsuorittaato perform, carry out, fulfill, execute, run
3Finnish-ittaaVariant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-

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...

Words derived from “suorituskyky

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Finnish -ittaa