Where does “kahdeskymmeneskahdeksas” come from?
kahdeskymmeneskahdeksas (Finnish) comes from Finnish kahdeksas, from Proto-Finnic kakteksac, from Proto-Finnic kakteksa, from Proto-Finnic kakci, from Proto-Uralic *kakta.
kahdeskymmeneskahdeksas (Finnish): twenty-eighth
Definitions
- twenty-eighth
Ancestry of “kahdeskymmeneskahdeksas”, step by step
kahdeskymmeneskahdeksas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kahdeksas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kahdeksas | eighth |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kakteksac | eighth |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kakteksa | eight |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kakci | two |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | *kakta | — |
via Finnish kahdeskymmenes
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kahdeskymmenes | twentieth |
| 2 | Finnish | kymmenes | tenth |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kümmenec | tenth |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kümmen | ten; decade, group of ten |