Where does “kaha” come from?

kaha (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaksi, from Proto-Finnic kakci, from Proto-Uralic *kakta.

kaha (Finnish): a type of traditional trap for catching birds,...

Definitions

  1. a type of traditional trap for catching birds,...

Ancestry of “kaha”, step by step

kaha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaksi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaksitwo
2Proto-Finnickakcitwo
3Proto-Uralic*kakta—

via Proto-Germanic *kazą

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*kazą—
2Proto-Germanickas-to throw; bring up; toss

Words derived from “kaha”

Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Finnish kaksi →