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Where does “kettää” come from?

kettää (Finnish) comes from Finnish kesi, from Proto-Finnic keci, from Proto-Uralic keδ́e.

Ancestry of “kettää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkesiThe thin outer layer of skin; Third-person...
2Proto-Finnickeciouter skin
3Proto-Uralickeδ́e—
Every word from Proto-Uralic keδ́e →