Where does “käsienpesuallas” come from?

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

käsienpesuallas (Finnish): washbasin, hand washing basin

Definitions

  1. washbasin, hand washing basin

Ancestry of “käsienpesuallas”, step by step

käsienpesuallas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käsienpesu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäsienpesuwashing hands, hand washing
2Finnishkäsihand; arm
3Finnishkahdeksaneight
4Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
5Proto-Finnickakcitwo
6Proto-Uralic*kakta—

via Finnish allas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishallaspool, swimming pool; tank; basin
2Proto-Finnicaldastrough
3Proto-Germanicaldǭtrough, hollow
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanHoldʰō(n)—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanHoldʰu-trough, canoe
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →