Where does “kahdeksaskymmenesyhdeksäs” come from?

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

kahdeksaskymmenesyhdeksäs (Finnish): eighty-ninth

Definitions

  1. eighty-ninth

Ancestry of “kahdeksaskymmenesyhdeksäs”, step by step

kahdeksaskymmenesyhdeksäs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kahdeksaskymmenes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkahdeksaskymmeneseightieth
2Finnishkahdeksaseighth
3Proto-Finnickakteksaceighth
4Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
5Proto-Finnickakcitwo
6Proto-Uralic*kakta—

via Finnish yhdeksäs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyhdeksäsninth
2Proto-Finnicükteksäcninth
3Proto-Finnicükteksänine
4Proto-Finnicükcione
5Proto-Uralicükteone
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →
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