Where does “käsilläseisonta” come from?

käsilläseisonta (Finnish) comes from Finnish seisonta, from Finnish seisoa, from Finnish seistä, from Proto-Finnic saictak, from Proto-Uralic sańśa-, from Proto-Uralic säńśä- — to stand.

käsilläseisonta (Finnish): handstand standing on one's hands

Definitions

  1. handstand standing on one's hands

Ancestry of “käsilläseisonta”, step by step

käsilläseisonta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish seisonta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseisontastanding; laying up
2Finnishseisoato stand; to be still, be at a halt; "adessive" +...
3FinnishseistäSynonym of seisoa; Elative singular form of...
4Proto-Finnicsaictakto stand; to stop, to halt
5Proto-Uralicsańśa-to stand
6Proto-Uralicsäńśä-to stand

via Finnish käsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäsihand; arm
2Finnishkahdeksaneight
3Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
4Proto-Finnickakcitwo
5Proto-Uralic*kakta
Every word from Proto-Uralic säńśä-Every word from Proto-Uralic sańśa-Every word from Proto-Finnic saictak
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