Where does “käsivipu” come from?

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

käsivipu (Finnish): hand lever

Definitions

  1. hand lever

Ancestry of “käsivipu”, step by step

käsivipu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käsi

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

via Finnish vipu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvipulever; a certain kind of trap
2Proto-Finnicvipulever
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →