Where does “kännykänheitto” come from?
kännykänheitto (Finnish) comes from Finnish kännykkä, from Finnish känny, from Finnish käsi, from Finnish kahdeksan, from Proto-Finnic kakteksa, from Proto-Finnic kakci, from Proto-Uralic *kakta.
kännykänheitto (Finnish): mobile phone throwing
Definitions
- mobile phone throwing
Ancestry of “kännykänheitto”, step by step
kännykänheitto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kännykkä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kännykkä | mobile phone, cellular |
| 2 | Finnish | känny | hand, palm, paw |
| 3 | Finnish | käsi | hand; arm |
| 4 | Finnish | kahdeksan | eight |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | kakteksa | eight |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | kakci | two |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | *kakta | — |
via Finnish heitto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | heitto | throw, cast, shy; toss; shot |
| 2 | Finnish | heittää | to throw, cast, hurl, toss |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | heittädäk | to throw |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | šej- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sēja-/sēje | — |