Where does “kaksosuus” come from?

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

kaksosuus (Finnish): twinhood

Definitions

  1. twinhood

Ancestry of “kaksosuus”, step by step

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