Where does “kahtaistaitto” come from?

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

Ancestry of “kahtaistaitto”, step by step

kahtaistaitto 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 taitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaittolayout
2Finnishtaittaato fold; to break; to refract
3Finnishtaipuato become curved, to bend; to change one's...
4Proto-Finnictaipudak—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -na →