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Where does “kätisyys” come from?

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

kätisyys (Finnish): handedness; chirality

Definitions

  1. handedness; chirality

Ancestry of “kätisyys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkätinenhanded; often used as headword in compound terms
2Finnishkäsihand; arm
3Finnishkahdeksaneight
4Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
5Proto-Finnickakcitwo
6Proto-Uralic*kakta—

Words derived from “kätisyys”

  • molempikätisyys
  • oikeakätisyys
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →