Where does “kömpelökätinen” come from?

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

kömpelökätinen (Finnish): clumsy-handed

Definitions

  1. clumsy-handed

Ancestry of “kömpelökätinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-kätinen-handed
2Finnishkäsihand; arm
3Finnishkahdeksaneight
4Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
5Proto-Finnickakcitwo
6Proto-Uralic*kakta—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →