Where does “kahdennus” come from?

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

kahdennus (Finnish): gemination

Definitions

  1. gemination

Ancestry of “kahdennus”, step by step

kahdennus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kahdentaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkahdentaato double; to duplicate; to geminate
2Finnishkaksitwo
3Proto-Finnickakcitwo
4Proto-Uralic*kakta—

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “kahdennus”

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