Where does “kahdenmaattava” come from?

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

kahdenmaattava (Finnish): for two people of beds, sleeping bags, etc

Definitions

  1. for two people of beds, sleeping bags, etc

Ancestry of “kahdenmaattava”, step by step

kahdenmaattava traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaksi

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

via Finnish maata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaatato lie down, lie; to have sex; to lay, to have...
2Proto-Finnicmagat'akto lie down, to sleep
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Finnish kaksi →
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