Where does “kolmekymmentäkahdeksan” come from?

kolmekymmentäkahdeksan (Finnish) comes from Finnish kahdeksan, from Proto-Finnic kakteksa, from Proto-Finnic kakci, from Proto-Uralic *kakta.

kolmekymmentäkahdeksan (Finnish): thirty-eight

Definitions

  1. thirty-eight

Ancestry of “kolmekymmentäkahdeksan”, step by step

kolmekymmentäkahdeksan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kahdeksan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkahdeksaneight
2Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
3Proto-Finnickakcitwo
4Proto-Uralic*kakta

via Finnish kolmekymmentä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkolmekymmentädecades 30 Previous: kaksikymmentä Next: neljäk...
2Proto-Finnickolme kümmentä
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kaktaEvery word from Proto-Finnic kakciEvery word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa