Where does “kahdeskymmeneskolmas” come from?

kahdeskymmeneskolmas (Finnish) comes from Finnish kahdeskymmenes, from Finnish kahdes, from Finnish kaksi, from Proto-Finnic kakci, from Proto-Uralic *kakta.

kahdeskymmeneskolmas (Finnish): twenty-third

Definitions

  1. twenty-third

Ancestry of “kahdeskymmeneskolmas”, step by step

kahdeskymmeneskolmas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kahdeskymmenes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkahdeskymmenestwentieth
2Finnishkahdessecond, two
3Finnishkaksitwo
4Proto-Finnickakcitwo
5Proto-Uralic*kakta

via Finnish kolmas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkolmasthird
2Proto-Finnickolmancithird
3Proto-Finno-Permickolmamte
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kaktaEvery word from Proto-Finnic kakciEvery word from Finnish kaksi
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