Where does “uuvutustaktiikka” come from?
uuvutustaktiikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish taktiikka, from Swedish taktik, from Ancient Greek τακτικός, from Ancient Greek -τικός, from Ancient Greek -σις, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
uuvutustaktiikka (Finnish): exhaustion tactic
Definitions
- exhaustion tactic
Ancestry of “uuvutustaktiikka”, step by step
uuvutustaktiikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish taktiikka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taktiikka | tactic, tactics |
| 2 | Swedish | taktik | tactic |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τακτικός | fit for ordering or arranging, especially in war;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -τικός | relating to, suited to, skilled in, able to,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -σις | Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |