käsittää

Etymology
From. Equivalent to, originally "to grasp, seize, catch". The meaning "to understand, to comprehend" is possibly a calque of (compare ; also compare  and ), but may also be due to an autochthonous semantic shift.

Verb

 * 1)  to understand, comprehend, fathom
 * 2)  to comprise, consist of, include, encompass, cover, span
 * 3)  to grasp, seize, catch