Where does “kahdeksikko” come from?

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

kahdeksikko (Finnish): group of eight; digit eight; figure eight

Definitions

  1. group of eight; digit eight; figure eight

Ancestry of “kahdeksikko”, 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 →
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