Where does “kaksosveli” come from?

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

kaksosveli (Finnish): twin brother

Definitions

  1. twin brother

Ancestry of “kaksosveli”, step by step

kaksosveli 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 Veli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishVelibrother
2Proto-Finnicveljibrother
3Proto-Germanicswelijōsister's husband
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Finnish kaksi →