Where does “kuudestaan” come from?

kuudestaan (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuusi, from Proto-Finnic kuuci, from Proto-Uralic kutte — ridge; six.

kuudestaan (Finnish): with (exactly) six people (doing something together)

Definitions

  1. with (exactly) six people (doing something together)

Ancestry of “kuudestaan”, step by step

kuudestaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuusi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuusisix; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies"
2Proto-Finnickuucisix
3Proto-Uralickutteridge; six

via Finnish staan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishstaan—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kutte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuuci →Every word from Finnish kuusi →
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