Where does “kädentaito” come from?

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

kädentaito (Finnish): dexterity, hand skill(s)

Definitions

  1. dexterity, hand skill(s)

Ancestry of “kädentaito”, step by step

kädentaito traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käsi

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

via Finnish Taito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishTaitoskill capacity to do something well, particularly one that is acquired or learned
2Finnishtaitoskill; art
3Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
5Proto-Uralic-w—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →