Where does “käsityöpaja” come from?

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

käsityöpaja (Finnish): craft workshop, handicraft workshop

Definitions

  1. craft workshop, handicraft workshop

Ancestry of “käsityöpaja”, step by step

käsityöpaja 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 paja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpajasmithy, forge; workshop; workplace
2Proto-Finnicpajasmithy, forge
3Proto-Germanicpago-
4Proto-Celticago-
5Yorubaa-
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kaktaEvery word from Proto-Finnic kakciEvery word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa