Where does “käsipyykki” come from?

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

käsipyykki (Finnish): washing laundry by hand

Definitions

  1. washing laundry by hand

Ancestry of “käsipyykki”, step by step

käsipyykki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käsi

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

via Finnish pyykki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyykkilaundry; A post that is used to mark something,...
2Swedishbyka bunch of clothes to be washed
3Swedishbykato wash
4Middle Low Germanbüken—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →