Where does “tekstitaito” come from?

tekstitaito (Finnish) comes from Finnish teksti, from Esperanto teksto, from Latin textus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

tekstitaito (Finnish): textual skills, textual literacy

Definitions

  1. textual skills, textual literacy

Ancestry of “tekstitaito”, step by step

tekstitaito traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish teksti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtekstitext; copy
2Esperantotekstotext; lyrics
3Latintextuswoven, having been woven; texture, structure;...
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Finnish Taito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishTaitoskill capacity to do something well, particularly one that is acquired or learned
2Finnishtaitoskill; art
3Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
5Proto-Uralic-w
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin textus