Where does “kätilöopisto” come from?

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

kätilöopisto (Finnish): midwifery school, midwifery academy

Definitions

  1. midwifery school, midwifery academy

Ancestry of “kätilöopisto”, step by step

kätilöopisto 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 opisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishopistoinstitute, college
2Finnishoppidoctrine; study, -logy, theory; in this sense...
3Finnishoppiato learn
4Proto-Finnicoppidakto learn
5Proto-Finno-Ugricwoppe-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →