Where does “kaksosraskaus” come from?
kaksosraskaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaksonen, from Finnish kaksi, from Proto-Finnic kakci, from Proto-Uralic *kakta.
kaksosraskaus (Finnish): twin pregnancy
Ancestry of “kaksosraskaus”, step by step
kaksosraskaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kaksonen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaksonen | A twin; When used as modifier in compound terms... |
| 2 | Finnish | kaksi | two |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kakci | two |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | *kakta | — |
via Finnish raskaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | raskaus | heaviness, weight; seriousness, gravity;... |
| 2 | Finnish | raskas | heavy; hard, laborious, strenuous, gruelling;... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | raskas | heavy, weighty |