Where does “seitsen-” come from?

seitsen- (Finnish) comes from Finnish seitsen, from Proto-Finnic säic'en, from Proto-Uralic *ćäjćemä — seven.

seitsen- (Finnish): seven, seven-, hepta-, sept-

Definitions

  1. seven, seven-, hepta-, sept-

Ancestry of “seitsen-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseitsenseven
2Proto-Finnicsäic'enseven
3Proto-Uralic*ćäjćemäseven
Every word from Proto-Uralic *ćäjćemä →Every word from Proto-Finnic säic'en →Every word from Finnish seitsen →
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