Where does “kuudesosa” come from?

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

kuudesosa (Finnish): sixth, one-sixth sixth part of something

Definitions

  1. sixth, one-sixth sixth part of something

Ancestry of “kuudesosa”, step by step

kuudesosa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuudes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuudessixth
2Proto-Finnickuudencisixth
3Proto-Finnickuucisix
4Proto-Uralickutteridge; six

via Finnish osa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishosapart; piece; proportion, section
2Proto-Finnicosapart
3Proto-Uraliconćapart, share (of meat?)
Every word from Proto-Uralic kutte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuuci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuudenci →