Where does “vähätaitoinen” come from?

vähätaitoinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish taitoinen, from Finnish Taito, from Finnish taito, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

vähätaitoinen (Finnish): low-skilled

Definitions

  1. low-skilled

Ancestry of “vähätaitoinen”, step by step

vähätaitoinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish taitoinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaitoinenproficient being able to speak a language, especially as a foreign language
2FinnishTaitoskill capacity to do something well, particularly one that is acquired or learned
3Finnishtaitoskill; art
4Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
6Proto-Uralic-w

via Finnish vähä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvähäthe little; little, few, scarce
2Proto-Finnicvähäsmall amount, little
Every word from Proto-Uralic -wEvery word from Finnish -oEvery word from Proto-Finnic -o