Where does “käsityöala” come from?

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

käsityöala (Finnish): handicraft sector, handicraft industry

Definitions

  1. handicraft sector, handicraft industry

Ancestry of “käsityöala”, step by step

käsityöala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käsityö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäsityöhandwork; handcraft, handicraft
2Finnishkäsihand; arm
3Finnishkahdeksaneight
4Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
5Proto-Finnickakcitwo
6Proto-Uralic*kakta—

via Finnish älä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishäläThe second-person singular form of the negative...
2Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
3Proto-Finnicalalower; under
4Proto-Uralicëlabelow
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →