Where does “kahdeksaskymmenes” come from?

kahdeksaskymmenes (Finnish) comes from Finnish kahdeksas, from Proto-Finnic kakteksac, from Proto-Finnic kakteksa, from Proto-Finnic kakci, from Proto-Uralic *kakta.

kahdeksaskymmenes (Finnish): eightieth

Definitions

  1. eightieth

Ancestry of “kahdeksaskymmenes”, step by step

kahdeksaskymmenes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kahdeksas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkahdeksaseighth
2Proto-Finnickakteksaceighth
3Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
4Proto-Finnickakcitwo
5Proto-Uralic*kakta—

via Finnish kymmenes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkymmenestenth
2Proto-Finnickümmenectenth
3Proto-Finnickümmenten; decade, group of ten

Words derived from “kahdeksaskymmenes”

Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →