Where does “käsirysy” come from?

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

käsirysy (Finnish): fisticuffs impromptu fight with the fists

Definitions

  1. fisticuffs impromptu fight with the fists

Ancestry of “käsirysy”, step by step

käsirysy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käsi

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

via Finnish rysy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrysyfistfight, fisticuffs
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →