Where does “käsityösali” come from?

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

käsityösali (Finnish): crafts hall, activities hall

Definitions

  1. crafts hall, activities hall

Ancestry of “käsityösali”, step by step

käsityösali 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 sali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsalihall; A large room, often one in which dinners...
2Swedishsäla seal
3Old Norseselrseal; second-person singular present indicative...
4Proto-Germanicselhazseal
5Proto-Indo-Europeanselk-to pull, drag; to drag, to furrow; to pull, draw
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →