Where does “kahdeskymmenesneljäs” come from?

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

kahdeskymmenesneljäs (Finnish): twenty-fourth

Definitions

  1. twenty-fourth

Ancestry of “kahdeskymmenesneljäs”, step by step

kahdeskymmenesneljäs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kahdeskymmenes

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

via Finnish neljäs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishneljäsfourth
2Proto-Finnicneljäncifourth
3Proto-Finnicneljäfour
4Proto-Uralicneljäfour
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kaktaEvery word from Proto-Finnic kakciEvery word from Finnish kaksi