Where does “kaksik” come from?
kaksik (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic kakcikko, from Proto-Finnic kakci, from Proto-Uralic *kakta.
kaksik (Estonian): twin
Ancestry of “kaksik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Finnic | kakcikko | group of two, pair, duo |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kakci | two |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | *kakta | — |