Where does “käsikarsta” come from?

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

käsikarsta (Finnish): card handheld tool for preparing materials for spinning

Definitions

  1. card handheld tool for preparing materials for spinning

Ancestry of “käsikarsta”, step by step

käsikarsta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käsi

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

via Finnish karsta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarstasoot; card
2Proto-Slavickorstascab
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →