Where does “ristiysi” come from?

ristiysi (Finnish) comes from Finnish ysi, from Finnish yhdeksän, from Proto-Finnic ükteksä, from Proto-Finnic ükci, from Proto-Uralic ükte — one.

ristiysi (Finnish): nine of clubs

Definitions

  1. nine of clubs

Ancestry of “ristiysi”, step by step

ristiysi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ysi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishysinine
2Finnishyhdeksännine
3Proto-Finnicükteksänine
4Proto-Finnicükcione
5Proto-Uralicükteone

via Finnish Risti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishRisticross
2Finnish-iäinenFront vowel variant of -iainen
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Uralic ükte →Every word from Proto-Finnic ükci →Every word from Proto-Finnic ükteksä →