Where does “kännykkämerkki” come from?

kännykkämerkki (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.

kännykkämerkki (Finnish): mobile phone brand, mobile phone make, mobile phone maker

Definitions

  1. mobile phone brand, mobile phone make, mobile phone maker

Ancestry of “kännykkämerkki”, step by step

kännykkämerkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kännykkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkännykkämobile phone, cellular
2Finnishkännyhand, palm, paw
3Finnishkäsihand; arm
4Finnishkahdeksaneight
5Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
6Proto-Finnickakcitwo
7Proto-Uralic*kakta—

via Finnish merkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmerkkimark, sign; character; symbol
2Old Swedishmærki—
3Old Norsemerkiboundary
4Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →