Where does “käsiäänestys” come from?

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

käsiäänestys (Finnish): show of hands vote by raising a hand

Definitions

  1. show of hands vote by raising a hand

Ancestry of “käsiäänestys”, step by step

käsiäänestys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käsi

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

via Finnish äänestys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishäänestysvoting, poll, ballot
2Finnishäänestääto vote; third-person singular present indicative...
3Finnishääne-—
4Proto-Samiceanēmother
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →