Where does “kuudennes” come from?

kuudennes (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuudes, from Proto-Finnic kuudenci, from Proto-Finnic kuuci, from Proto-Uralic kutte — ridge; six.

kuudennes (Finnish): one sixth

Definitions

  1. one sixth

Ancestry of “kuudennes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuudessixth
2Proto-Finnickuudencisixth
3Proto-Finnickuucisix
4Proto-Uralickutteridge; six
Every word from Proto-Uralic kutteEvery word from Proto-Finnic kuuciEvery word from Proto-Finnic kuudenci
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