Where does “käteisraha” come from?

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

käteisraha (Finnish): cash money in physical form

Definitions

  1. cash money in physical form

Ancestry of “käteisraha”, step by step

käteisraha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käteinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäteinencash; cash, in cash
2Finnishkäsihand; arm
3Finnishkahdeksaneight
4Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
5Proto-Finnickakcitwo
6Proto-Uralic*kakta—

via Finnish raha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrahamoney; money, cash; money, wealth
2Proto-Finnicrahasquirrel pelt; money
3Proto-Germanicskrahōdry animal skin
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
5Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →