Where does “kaksoslapsi” come from?

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

kaksoslapsi (Finnish): either of the twins, twin child

Definitions

  1. either of the twins, twin child

Ancestry of “kaksoslapsi”, step by step

kaksoslapsi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaksonen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkaksonenA twin; When used as modifier in compound terms...
2Finnishkaksitwo
3Proto-Finnickakcitwo
4Proto-Uralic*kakta—

via Finnish lapsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlapsichild
2Proto-Finniclapcichild
3Proto-Uraliclëpćecradle
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →