Where does “kahdeksan” come from?

kahdeksan (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic kakteksa, from Proto-Finnic kakci, from Proto-Uralic *kakta.

kahdeksan (Finnish): eight

Definitions

  1. eight

Ancestry of “kahdeksan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
2Proto-Finnickakcitwo
3Proto-Uralic*kakta

Words derived from “kahdeksan

Every word from Proto-Uralic *kaktaEvery word from Proto-Finnic kakciEvery word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa