Where does “käsikirjasto” come from?

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

käsikirjasto (Finnish): reference library; a library that does not allow books to be borrowed

Definitions

  1. reference library; a library that does not allow books to be borrowed

Ancestry of “käsikirjasto”, step by step

käsikirjasto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käsi

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

via Finnish kirjasto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjastolibrary; public library
2Finnishkirjabook; quire
3Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →
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