Where does “kolmisenkymmentä” come from?

kolmisenkymmentä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kolmisen, from Finnish -isen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

kolmisenkymmentä (Finnish): about thirty

Definitions

  1. about thirty

Ancestry of “kolmisenkymmentä”, step by step

kolmisenkymmentä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kolmisen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkolmisenabout three
2Finnish-isenforms adverbs from numerals to represent an...
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish kymmenen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkymmenendecades 10 Previous: nolla Next: kaksikymmentä;...
2Proto-Finnickümmenten; decade, group of ten
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →