Where does “kahdeksasosa” come from?

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

kahdeksasosa (Finnish): eighth; octa, eighth

Definitions

  1. eighth; octa, eighth

Ancestry of “kahdeksasosa”, step by step

kahdeksasosa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kahdeksas

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

via Finnish osa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishosapart; piece; proportion, section
2Proto-Finnicosapart
3Proto-Uraliconćapart, share (of meat?)

Words derived from “kahdeksasosa”

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