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Where does “kymmenikkö” come from?

kymmenikkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -i-.

kymmenikkö (Finnish): A group of ten

Definitions

  1. A group of ten

Ancestry of “kymmenikkö”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ikkoForms nouns for groups of a particular number,...
2Proto-Finnic-ikkoForms nouns indicating a group of things
3Proto-Finnic-i-—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -i- →