Where does “tehoisa” come from?

tehoisa (Finnish) comes from Finnish teho, from Finnish tehdä, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

tehoisa (Finnish): powerful

Definitions

  1. powerful

Ancestry of “tehoisa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtehopower, effect; power; throughout
2Finnishtehdäto do, perform, execute; to make, manufacture; to...
3Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
4Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Uralic teke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tektäk →
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