Where does “tehokkuus” come from?
tehokkuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish tehokas, from Finnish teho, from Finnish tehdä, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
tehokkuus (Finnish): efficiency; effectivity, effectiveness
Definitions
- efficiency; effectivity, effectiveness
Ancestry of “tehokkuus”, step by step
tehokkuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tehokas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tehokas | powerful, potent; efficient; effective |
| 2 | Finnish | teho | power, effect; power; throughout |
| 3 | Finnish | tehdä | to do, perform, execute; to make, manufacture; to... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | tektäk | to do; to make |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | teke- | to do; to put, to place |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
via Finnish uus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uus | Alternative form of uusi |