Where does “kuusinkertainen” come from?

kuusinkertainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kertainen, from Finnish kerta, from Proto-Finnic kerta, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- — to travel, tour.

kuusinkertainen (Finnish): sextuple, sixfold

Definitions

  1. sextuple, sixfold

Ancestry of “kuusinkertainen”, step by step

kuusinkertainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kertainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkertainentimes
2Finnishkertatime, occasion; time; times; also once, when the...
3Proto-Finnickertatime
4Proto-Indo-Europeankert-times; to weave, twist together; time
5Proto-Turkic*keŕ-to travel, tour

via Finnish kuusi

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

Words derived from “kuusinkertainen”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kert- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kerta →