Where does “üheksas” come from?

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

üheksas (Estonian): ninth

Definitions

  1. ninth

Ancestry of “üheksas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicükteksäcninth
2Proto-Finnicükteksänine
3Proto-Finnicükcione
4Proto-Uralicükteone
Every word from Proto-Uralic ükte →Every word from Proto-Finnic ükci →Every word from Proto-Finnic ükteksä →