Where does “nelikätinen” come from?

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

nelikätinen (Finnish): fourhanded, quadrumanous having four hands

Definitions

  1. fourhanded, quadrumanous having four hands

Ancestry of “nelikätinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkätinenhanded; often used as headword in compound terms
2Finnishkäsihand; arm
3Finnishkahdeksaneight
4Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
5Proto-Finnickakcitwo
6Proto-Uralic*kakta—

Words derived from “nelikätinen”

Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →