Where does “käsisuihku” come from?

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

käsisuihku (Finnish): bidet shower, hand shower hand-held nozzle placed near the toilet

Definitions

  1. bidet shower, hand shower hand-held nozzle placed near the toilet

Ancestry of “käsisuihku”, step by step

käsisuihku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käsi

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

via Finnish suihku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuihkushower; jet; spray
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →