Where does “käändsõna” come from?

käändsõna (Estonian) comes from Estonian sõna, from Proto-Finnic sana — word.

käändsõna (Estonian): nominal, declinable word

Definitions

  1. nominal, declinable word

Ancestry of “käändsõna”, step by step

käändsõna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian sõna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniansõnaword
2Proto-Finnicsanaword

via Estonian käänd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankäänd—
Every word from Proto-Finnic sana →Every word from Estonian sõna →