Where does “kahtaissara” come from?

kahtaissara (Finnish) comes from Finnish kahtainen, from Finnish kahtaalla, from Finnish alla, from Proto-Finnic alla, from Proto-Uralic -na — at, in.

kahtaissara (Finnish): brown sedge, tworank sedge

Definitions

  1. brown sedge, tworank sedge

Ancestry of “kahtaissara”, step by step

kahtaissara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kahtainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkahtainendual, double, twofold
2Finnishkahtaallain two directions or places
3Finnishallabeneath, underneath, below; under, underneath;...
4Proto-Finnicallaunder
5Proto-Uralic-naat, in

via Finnish šara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishšara—
2Finnishsäristäto rattle, to creak; to crackle
Every word from Proto-Uralic -na →