Where does “päättelyketju” come from?

päättelyketju (Finnish) comes from Finnish päättely, from Finnish päätellä, from Finnish päättää, from Finnish pää, from Proto-Finnic pää, from Proto-Uralic päŋe — head.

päättelyketju (Finnish): chain of deduction

Definitions

  1. chain of deduction

Ancestry of “päättelyketju”, step by step

päättelyketju traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish päättely

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäättelydeduction; inference
2FinnishpäätelläTo fasten off, tie off; To conclude, draw a...
3Finnishpäättääto end, conclude, terminate, finish, bring to a close
4Finnishpäähead; end, tip
5Proto-Finnicpäähead
6Proto-Uralicpäŋehead

via Finnish ketju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishketjuchain; necklace; line
2Swedishkedjachain; chain; a series of interconnected things;...
3Latincatēnachain
4Proto-Indo-Europeankat-cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...
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