Where does “kädenvääntö” come from?

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

kädenvääntö (Finnish): arm wrestling

Definitions

  1. arm wrestling

Ancestry of “kädenvääntö”, step by step

kädenvääntö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käsi

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

via Finnish vääntö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvääntötwist, torsion; A tough negotiation; Short for...
2FinnishvääntääTo wrench, twist
3Proto-Finnicväntädäkto twist
4Proto-Germanicwandijanąto turn
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →