Where does “kymmentuntinen” come from?

kymmentuntinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish tunti, from Old Swedish stund.

kymmentuntinen (Finnish): lasting ten hours

Definitions

  1. lasting ten hours

Ancestry of “kymmentuntinen”, step by step

kymmentuntinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tunti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuntihour; lesson, class
2Old Swedishstund—

via Finnish kymmen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkymmenten; decade
2Proto-Finnickümmenten; decade, group of ten
Every word from Old Swedish stund →Every word from Finnish tunti →