Where does “käteväihminen” come from?

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

käteväihminen (Finnish): "Homo habilis"

Definitions

  1. "Homo habilis"

Ancestry of “käteväihminen”, step by step

käteväihminen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kätevä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkätevähandy, useful; dexterous; convenient
2Finnishkäsihand; arm
3Finnishkahdeksaneight
4Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
5Proto-Finnickakcitwo
6Proto-Uralic*kakta—

via Finnish ihminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishihminenhuman, human being; person
2Finnishinhiminen—
3Proto-Finnicinhiminenhuman, human being
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →