Where does “työkyvykkyys” come from?
työkyvykkyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish kyvykkyys, from Finnish kyvykäs, from Finnish kyky, from Finnish kyetä, from Finnish -etä, from Proto-Finnic -t'ak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
työkyvykkyys (Finnish): ability or proficiency to work
Definitions
- ability or proficiency to work
Ancestry of “työkyvykkyys”, step by step
työkyvykkyys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kyvykkyys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kyvykkyys | ability, capability, competency |
| 2 | Finnish | kyvykäs | able, capable, competent able and efficient |
| 3 | Finnish | kyky | ability, capacity, capability; a capable person,... |
| 4 | Finnish | kyetä | To be able to, be capable of, can, be competent... |
| 5 | Finnish | -etä | Front vowel variant of -eta |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -t'ak | Forms verbs from nominal stems, generally with a causative, factitive or instrumental meaning |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |