Where does “käsite” come from?

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

käsite (Finnish): concept; construct; notion

Definitions

  1. concept; construct; notion

Ancestry of “käsite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäsittääto grasp, catch, reach; to understand,...
2Finnishkäsihand; arm
3Finnishkahdeksaneight
4Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
5Proto-Finnickakcitwo
6Proto-Uralic*kakta

Words derived from “käsite

Every word from Proto-Uralic *kaktaEvery word from Proto-Finnic kakciEvery word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa
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