Where does “seitsemisenkymmentä” come from?

seitsemisenkymmentä (Finnish) comes from Finnish seitsemisen, from Finnish -isen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

seitsemisenkymmentä (Finnish): about seventy

Definitions

  1. about seventy

Ancestry of “seitsemisenkymmentä”, step by step

seitsemisenkymmentä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish seitsemisen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseitsemisenabout seven
2Finnish-isenforms adverbs from numerals to represent an...
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish kymmen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkymmenten; decade
2Proto-Finnickümmenten; decade, group of ten
Every word from Proto-Finnic -ucEvery word from Finnish -inenEvery word from Finnish -uus