Where does “ketjupäätelmä” come from?
ketjupäätelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish päätelmä, from Finnish päättää, from Finnish pää, from Proto-Finnic pää, from Proto-Uralic päŋe — head.
ketjupäätelmä (Finnish): sorites
Ancestry of “ketjupäätelmä”, step by step
ketjupäätelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish päätelmä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | päätelmä | conclusion, deduction |
| 2 | Finnish | päättää | to end, conclude, terminate, finish, bring to a close |
| 3 | Finnish | pää | head; end, tip |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | pää | head |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | päŋe | head |
via Finnish ketju
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ketju | chain; necklace; line |
| 2 | Swedish | kedja | chain; chain; a series of interconnected things;... |
| 3 | Latin | catēna | chain |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kat- | cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave... |