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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | kesi | The thin outer layer of skin; Third-person... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | keci | outer skin |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | keδ́e | — |