Where does “varsikäsikranaatti” come from?

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

varsikäsikranaatti (Finnish): stick-shaped hand grenade, like the German Stielhandgranate

Definitions

  1. stick-shaped hand grenade, like the German Stielhandgranate

Ancestry of “varsikäsikranaatti”, step by step

varsikäsikranaatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käsikranaatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäsikranaattihand grenade
2Finnishkäsihand; arm
3Finnishkahdeksaneight
4Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
5Proto-Finnickakcitwo
6Proto-Uralic*kakta—

via Finnish varsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvarsistalk; handle or haft of some tools; chiefly a...
2Proto-Finnicvarcistalk of a plant
3Proto-Finno-Permicwarte—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →