Where does “neljäskymmeneskahdeksas” come from?

neljäskymmeneskahdeksas (Finnish) comes from Finnish kahdeksas, from Proto-Finnic kakteksac, from Proto-Finnic kakteksa, from Proto-Finnic kakci, from Proto-Uralic *kakta.

neljäskymmeneskahdeksas (Finnish): forty-eighth

Definitions

  1. forty-eighth

Ancestry of “neljäskymmeneskahdeksas”, step by step

neljäskymmeneskahdeksas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kahdeksas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkahdeksaseighth
2Proto-Finnickakteksaceighth
3Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
4Proto-Finnickakcitwo
5Proto-Uralic*kakta—

via Finnish neljäskymmenes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishneljäskymmenesfortieth
2Finnishneljäsfourth
3Proto-Finnicneljäncifourth
4Proto-Finnicneljäfour
5Proto-Uralicneljäfour
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →