Where does “uuslukutaidottomuus” come from?
uuslukutaidottomuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish uuslukutaidoton, from Finnish lukutaidoton, from Finnish lukutaito, from Finnish luku, from Proto-Finnic luku, from Proto-Finnic lukedak, from Proto-Uralic luke-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
uuslukutaidottomuus (Finnish): functional illiteracy
Definitions
- functional illiteracy
Ancestry of “uuslukutaidottomuus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uuslukutaidoton | functionally illiterate |
| 2 | Finnish | lukutaidoton | Illiterate |
| 3 | Finnish | lukutaito | literacy |
| 4 | Finnish | luku | number, count, quantity; chapter; reading |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | luku | number, quantity |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | lukedak | to count; to read ? |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | luke- | to count |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |