Where does “käsienpesu” come from?

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

käsienpesu (Finnish): washing hands, hand washing

Definitions

  1. washing hands, hand washing

Ancestry of “käsienpesu”, step by step

käsienpesu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käsi

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

via Finnish pesu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpesuwash, washing
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

Words derived from “käsienpesu”

Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →
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