Where does “katkeama” come from?

katkeama (Finnish) comes from Finnish katketa, from Proto-Finnic katket'ak — to break (into two pieces), to snap.

katkeama (Finnish): break, cut, fracture a point where something is cut in two or more pieces

Definitions

  1. break, cut, fracture a point where something is cut in two or more pieces

Ancestry of “katkeama”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatketato cut; to break, snap
2Proto-Finnickatket'akto break (into two pieces), to snap
Every word from Proto-Finnic katket'ak →Every word from Finnish katketa →