Where does “ihmiskäsitys” come from?

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

ihmiskäsitys (Finnish): outlook or view on human beings, view of humanity, perception of humanity

Definitions

  1. outlook or view on human beings, view of humanity, perception of humanity

Ancestry of “ihmiskäsitys”, step by step

ihmiskäsitys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käsitys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäsitysconception; impression; opinion, view, viewpoint
2Finnishkäsittääto grasp, catch, reach; to understand,...
3Finnishkäsihand; arm
4Finnishkahdeksaneight
5Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
6Proto-Finnickakcitwo
7Proto-Uralic*kakta

via Finnish ihminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishihminenhuman, human being; person
2Finnishinhiminen
3Proto-Finnicinhiminenhuman, human being
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kaktaEvery word from Proto-Finnic kakciEvery word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa
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