Where does “kuutisenkymmentä” come from?

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

kuutisenkymmentä (Finnish): about sixty

Definitions

  1. about sixty

Ancestry of “kuutisenkymmentä”, step by step

kuutisenkymmentä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuutisen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuutisenabout six
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 kymmen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkymmenten; decade
2Proto-Finnickümmenten; decade, group of ten
Every word from Proto-Finnic -ucEvery word from Finnish -inenEvery word from Finnish -uus
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