Where does “kahdeksasosatauko” come from?

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

kahdeksasosatauko (Finnish): eighth rest

Definitions

  1. eighth rest

Ancestry of “kahdeksasosatauko”, step by step

kahdeksasosatauko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kahdeksasosa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkahdeksasosaeighth; octa, eighth
2Finnishkahdeksaseighth
3Proto-Finnickakteksaceighth
4Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
5Proto-Finnickakcitwo
6Proto-Uralic*kakta—

via Finnish tauko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaukobreak, pause; rest; caesura
2Proto-Germanictaugōcord, string, rope
3Proto-Indo-Europeandewk-to pull, to draw; to lead
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →