Where does “väittelytaito” come from?
väittelytaito (Finnish) comes from Finnish väittely, from Finnish väitellä, from Finnish väittää, from Finnish väki, from Icelandic vaki, from Arabic وَاقِع, from Arabic النَّسْر الوَاقِع — falling eagle.
väittelytaito (Finnish): debate skill(s)
Definitions
- debate skill(s)
Ancestry of “väittelytaito”, step by step
väittelytaito traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish väittely
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | väittely | argument, debate |
| 2 | Finnish | väitellä | to argue, debate; to defend one's dissertation or... |
| 3 | Finnish | väittää | To claim, contend, assert, argue, maintain; to... |
| 4 | Finnish | väki | people, crowd; power, strength, force |
| 5 | Icelandic | vaki | hormone |
| 6 | Arabic | وَاقِع | happening, occurring; falling |
| 7 | Arabic | النَّسْر الوَاقِع | falling eagle |