Where does “kymmenhenkinen” come from?

kymmenhenkinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish henkinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

kymmenhenkinen (Finnish): with ten people

Definitions

  1. with ten people

Ancestry of “kymmenhenkinen”, step by step

kymmenhenkinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish henkinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhenkinenmental; spiritual; -person
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish kymmen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkymmenten; decade
2Proto-Finnickümmenten; decade, group of ten
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →