Where does “varmakätinen” come from?

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

varmakätinen (Finnish): sure-handed

Definitions

  1. sure-handed

Ancestry of “varmakätinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-kätinen-handed
2Finnishkäsihand; arm
3Finnishkahdeksaneight
4Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
5Proto-Finnickakcitwo
6Proto-Uralic*kakta—
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