Where does “kaheksa” come from?

kaheksa (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic kakteksa, from Proto-Finnic kakci, from Proto-Uralic *kakta.

kaheksa (Estonian): eight

Definitions

  1. eight

Ancestry of “kaheksa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
2Proto-Finnickakcitwo
3Proto-Uralic*kakta—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →
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