Where does “kaksospojat” come from?

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

kaksospojat (Finnish): twin boys

Definitions

  1. twin boys

Ancestry of “kaksospojat”, step by step

kaksospojat 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 poika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoikaboy; son; young
2Proto-Finnicpoikason; boy
3Proto-Uralicpojkaboy; son
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →