Where does “üheksa” come from?

üheksa (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic ükteksä, from Proto-Finnic ükci, from Proto-Uralic ükte — one.

üheksa (Estonian): nine

Definitions

  1. nine

Ancestry of “üheksa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicükteksänine
2Proto-Finnicükcione
3Proto-Uralicükteone
Every word from Proto-Uralic ükte →Every word from Proto-Finnic ükci →Every word from Proto-Finnic ükteksä →