Where does “valonkeräyskyky” come from?

valonkeräyskyky (Finnish) comes from Finnish valonkeräys, from Finnish keräys, from Finnish kerätä, from Finnish -ata, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

valonkeräyskyky (Finnish): light gathering power

Definitions

  1. light gathering power

Ancestry of “valonkeräyskyky”, step by step

valonkeräyskyky traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish valonkeräys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalonkeräyslight gathering, light collection
2Finnishkeräysan act of collecting; fundraising
3Finnishkerätäto collect, gather, accumulate; to pick
4Finnish-ataDerives verbs
5Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
6Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
7Proto-Uralic-täfrom

via Finnish kyky

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkykyability, capacity, capability; a capable person,...
2FinnishkyetäTo be able to, be capable of, can, be competent...
3Finnish-etäFront vowel variant of -eta
4Proto-Finnic-t'akForms verbs from nominal stems, generally with a causative, factitive or instrumental meaning
5Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
Every word from Proto-Uralic -täEvery word from Finnish -taEvery word from Finnish -ata