Where does “üheksa” come from?
üheksa (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic ükteksä, from Proto-Finnic ükci, from Proto-Uralic ükte — one.
üheksa (Estonian): nine
Ancestry of “üheksa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finnic | ükteksä | nine |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | ükci | one |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | ükte | one |