Where does “kaheksas” come from?

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

kaheksas (Estonian): eighth

Definitions

  1. eighth

Ancestry of “kaheksas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickakteksaceighth
2Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
3Proto-Finnickakcitwo
4Proto-Uralic*kakta—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →