Where does “kätilökokous” come from?

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

kätilökokous (Finnish): midwifery conference

Definitions

  1. midwifery conference

Ancestry of “kätilökokous”, step by step

kätilökokous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kätilö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkätilömidwife
2Finnishkäsihand; arm
3Finnishkahdeksaneight
4Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
5Proto-Finnickakcitwo
6Proto-Uralic*kakta—

via Finnish kokous

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkokousmeeting, conference, assembly, convent, gathering
2Finnishkootato collect together, gather; to assemble,...
3Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
5Proto-Uralic-täfrom
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →