Where does “kahtlema” come from?
kahtlema (Estonian) comes from Estonian kaks, from Proto-Finnic kakci, from Proto-Uralic *kakta.
kahtlema (Estonian): to doubt
Ancestry of “kahtlema”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Estonian | kaks | two |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kakci | two |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | *kakta | — |