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Where does “kahdentaa” come from?

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

kahdentaa (Finnish): to double; to duplicate; to geminate

Definitions

  1. to double; to duplicate; to geminate

Ancestry of “kahdentaa”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kahdentaa”

  • kahdentua
  • vastakahdentaa
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →