Where does “vähennyskelpoinen” come from?
vähennyskelpoinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kelpoinen, from Finnish kelpo, from Finnish kelvata, from Proto-Finnic kelbat'ak, from Proto-Germanic helpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelb- — help.
vähennyskelpoinen (Finnish): deductible
Definitions
- deductible
Ancestry of “vähennyskelpoinen”, step by step
vähennyskelpoinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kelpoinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kelpoinen | eligible |
| 2 | Finnish | kelpo | decent, good, fine |
| 3 | Finnish | kelvata | to do, work, suffice |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kelbat'ak | to do, to suffice |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | helpaną | to help |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelb- | help |
via Finnish vähennys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vähennys | decrease; subtraction, deduction |
| 2 | Finnish | vähentää | To decrease, reduce, diminish; To deduct; To... |
| 3 | Ingrian | vähä | little, small; scanty, meagre; little, few |
| 4 | Ingrian | -in | Forms adjectives indicating the material of which something is made; -en |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |