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Where does “vasenkätinen” come from?

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

vasenkätinen (Finnish): left-handed, sinistral; One who is left-handed, a...

Definitions

  1. left-handed, sinistral; One who is left-handed, a...

Ancestry of “vasenkätinen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “vasenkätinen”

  • vasenkätisyys
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