Where does “kahdeksankymmentäkahdeksan” come from?

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

kahdeksankymmentäkahdeksan (Finnish): eighty-eight

Definitions

  1. eighty-eight

Ancestry of “kahdeksankymmentäkahdeksan”, step by step

kahdeksankymmentäkahdeksan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kahdeksan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkahdeksaneight
2Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
3Proto-Finnickakcitwo
4Proto-Uralic*kakta—

via Finnish kahdeksankymmentä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkahdeksankymmentädecades 80 Previous: seitsemänkymmentä Next: yh...
2Proto-Finnickakteksa kümmentä—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →