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Where does “kätsy” come from?

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

kätsy (Finnish): handy

Definitions

  1. handy

Ancestry of “kätsy”, step by step

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