Finnish word tehokas comes from Finnish -kas, Finnish teho
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| -kas | Finnish (fin) | -y, -ful; a suffix that can be used to turn many, but not all, nouns into adjectives that indicate abundant presence of the thing expressed by the noun. When the suffix is added to the noun, the stem changes in accordance with consonant gradation. |
| teho | Finnish (fin) | (informal) An ICU; a short of .. (physics, electronics) power. As modifier in compound terms (teho-) indicates boosting of the base term in one way or other. English equivalents include power, intensive, intense, super-. |
| tehokas | Finnish (fin) | Effective. Efficient. Powerful, potent. |