Where does “kädenlyönti” come from?

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

kädenlyönti (Finnish): handshake

Definitions

  1. handshake

Ancestry of “kädenlyönti”, step by step

kädenlyönti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käsi

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

via Finnish lyönti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlyöntiA hit
2Finnish-ntiForm action nouns from verbs whose first...
3Finnish-ntaForms nouns that describe an action; "erota...
4Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →