Where does “kahdeksanvuotinen” come from?

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

kahdeksanvuotinen (Finnish): eight-year long

Definitions

  1. eight-year long

Ancestry of “kahdeksanvuotinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkahdeksaneight
2Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
3Proto-Finnickakcitwo
4Proto-Uralic*kakta—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →