Where does “kuues” come from?

kuues (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic kuudenci, from Proto-Finnic kuuci, from Proto-Uralic kutte — ridge; six.

kuues (Estonian): sixth

Definitions

  1. sixth

Ancestry of “kuues”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickuudencisixth
2Proto-Finnickuucisix
3Proto-Uralickutteridge; six
Every word from Proto-Uralic kutte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuuci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuudenci →