Where does “käsienkuivain” come from?

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

käsienkuivain (Finnish): hand dryer electric device in a restroom to dry hands

Definitions

  1. hand dryer electric device in a restroom to dry hands

Ancestry of “käsienkuivain”, step by step

käsienkuivain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käsi

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

via Finnish kuivain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuivaindryer; Genitive plural form of kuiva
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →
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