Where does “ydinkäsite” come from?
ydinkäsite (Finnish) comes from Finnish käsite, from Finnish käsittää, from Finnish käsi, from Finnish kahdeksan, from Proto-Finnic kakteksa, from Proto-Finnic kakci, from Proto-Uralic *kakta.
ydinkäsite (Finnish): core concept
Ancestry of “ydinkäsite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | käsite | concept; construct; notion |
| 2 | Finnish | käsittää | to grasp, catch, reach; to understand,... |
| 3 | Finnish | käsi | hand; arm |
| 4 | Finnish | kahdeksan | eight |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | kakteksa | eight |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | kakci | two |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | *kakta | — |