Where does “ihmiskäsi” come from?

ihmiskäsi (Finnish) comes from Finnish käsi, from Finnish kahdeksan, from Proto-Finnic kakteksa, from Proto-Finnic kakci, from Proto-Uralic *kakta.

ihmiskäsi (Finnish): human hand

Definitions

  1. human hand

Ancestry of “ihmiskäsi”, step by step

ihmiskäsi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäsihand; arm
2Finnishkahdeksaneight
3Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
4Proto-Finnickakcitwo
5Proto-Uralic*kakta—

via Finnish ihminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishihminenhuman, human being; person
2Finnishinhiminen—
3Proto-Finnicinhiminenhuman, human being
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →