Where does “käsipalloilija” come from?

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

käsipalloilija (Finnish): handball player

Definitions

  1. handball player

Ancestry of “käsipalloilija”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäsipalloillato play handball
2Finnishkäsipallohandball; ball in hand
3Finnishkäsihand; arm
4Finnishkahdeksaneight
5Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
6Proto-Finnickakcitwo
7Proto-Uralic*kakta—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →