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Where does “nahkakäsine” come from?

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

nahkakäsine (Finnish): leather glove

Definitions

  1. leather glove

Ancestry of “nahkakäsine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkäsineAny garment used to protect a hand, such as a...
2Finnishkäsihand; arm
3Finnishkahdeksaneight
4Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
5Proto-Finnickakcitwo
6Proto-Uralic*kakta—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →