Where does “käsisammutin” come from?

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

käsisammutin (Finnish): portable fire extinguisher, hand fire extinguisher

Definitions

  1. portable fire extinguisher, hand fire extinguisher

Ancestry of “käsisammutin”, step by step

käsisammutin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käsi

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

via Finnish sammutin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsammutinfire extinguisher; First-person singular...
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →