Where does “käsi” come from?

käsi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kahdeksan, from Proto-Finnic kakteksa, from Proto-Finnic kakci, from Proto-Uralic *kakta.

käsi (Finnish): hand; arm

Definitions

  1. hand; arm

Ancestry of “käsi”, step by step

käsi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kahdeksan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkahdeksaneight
2Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
3Proto-Finnickakcitwo
4Proto-Uralic*kakta—

via Proto-Finnic käci

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickäciarm; hand
2Proto-Uralickätehand

Words derived from “käsi”

Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →