Where does “köksä” come from?

köksä (Finnish) comes from Finnish sä, from Finnish sinä, from Proto-Finnic cinä, from Proto-Uralic tinä — you, thou.

köksä (Finnish): home economics as a school subject

Definitions

  1. home economics as a school subject

Ancestry of “köksä”, step by step

köksä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsäyou, ya
2Finnishsinäyou second-person singular personal pronoun, used in familiar or neutral contexts, thou
3Proto-Finniccinäyou
4Proto-Uralictinäyou, thou

via Proto-Uralic koke-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Uralickoke-see
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye
Every word from Proto-Uralic tinä →Every word from Proto-Finnic cinä →Every word from Finnish sinä →