Where does “käsialanäyte” come from?

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

käsialanäyte (Finnish): handwriting sample

Definitions

  1. handwriting sample

Ancestry of “käsialanäyte”, step by step

käsialanäyte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käsiala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäsialahandwriting
2Finnishkäsihand; arm
3Finnishkahdeksaneight
4Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
5Proto-Finnickakcitwo
6Proto-Uralic*kakta

via Finnish näyte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnäytesample, specimen
2Finnishnäyttääto show, present; to seem to do, appear to do; to...
3Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kaktaEvery word from Proto-Finnic kakciEvery word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa