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Where does “omankädenoikeus” come from?

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

omankädenoikeus (Finnish): Act of taking the law into one's own hands;...

Definitions

  1. Act of taking the law into one's own hands;...

Ancestry of “omankädenoikeus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäsihand; arm
2Finnishkahdeksaneight
3Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
4Proto-Finnickakcitwo
5Proto-Uralic*kakta—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →