Where does “oikeakätisyys” come from?

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

oikeakätisyys (Finnish): right-handedness

Definitions

  1. right-handedness

Ancestry of “oikeakätisyys”, step by step

oikeakätisyys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kätisyys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkätisyyshandedness; chirality
2Finnishkätinenhanded; often used as headword in compound terms
3Finnishkäsihand; arm
4Finnishkahdeksaneight
5Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
6Proto-Finnickakcitwo
7Proto-Uralic*kakta—

via Finnish oikea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoikearight; right, correct; appropriate, proper,...
2Proto-Finnicoikedastraight; right, correct
3Proto-Finno-Permicwojketa—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →