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Where does “välikäsi” come from?

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

välikäsi (Finnish): A middleman, an intermediary, especially a...

Definitions

  1. A middleman, an intermediary, especially a...

Ancestry of “välikäsi”, step by step

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