Where does “seitsentoista” come from?

seitsentoista (Finnish) comes from Finnish toista, from Finnish toinen, from Proto-Finnic toinen, from Proto-Finnic too, from Proto-Uralic to — that.

Ancestry of “seitsentoista”, step by step

seitsentoista traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish toista

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtoistaPartitive singular form of toinen; Indicative...
2Finnishtoinensecond; other, another; the others, other ones
3Proto-Finnictoinensecond; other
4Proto-Finnictoothat over there, yonder distal?
5Proto-Uralictothat

via Finnish seitsen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseitsenseven
2Proto-Finnicsäic'enseven
3Proto-Uralic*ćäjćemäseven

Words derived from “seitsentoista

Every word from Proto-Uralic toEvery word from Proto-Finnic tooEvery word from Proto-Finnic toinen