Where does “kahdestaan” come from?

kahdestaan (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaksi, from Proto-Finnic kakci, from Proto-Uralic *kakta.

kahdestaan (Finnish): between the two

Definitions

  1. between the two

Ancestry of “kahdestaan”, step by step

kahdestaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaksi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaksitwo
2Proto-Finnickakcitwo
3Proto-Uralic*kakta

via Finnish staan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishstaan
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kaktaEvery word from Proto-Finnic kakciEvery word from Finnish kaksi