Where does “kaksikymmenvuotinen” come from?

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

kaksikymmenvuotinen (Finnish): twenty-year-long

Definitions

  1. twenty-year-long

Ancestry of “kaksikymmenvuotinen”, step by step

kaksikymmenvuotinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaksi

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

via Finnish kymmen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkymmenten; decade
2Proto-Finnickümmenten; decade, group of ten
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Finnish kaksi →