Where does “kaksiniitinen” come from?

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

kaksiniitinen (Finnish): with two shafts like plain weave

Definitions

  1. with two shafts like plain weave

Ancestry of “kaksiniitinen”, step by step

kaksiniitinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaksi

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

via Finnish niisi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishniisiheddle, heald; Third-person singular indicative...
2Proto-Finnicniiciheddle
3Proto-Finnicniiti—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Finnish kaksi →
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