Where does “toistakymmentä” come from?

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

toistakymmentä (Finnish): more than ten but less than twenty

Definitions

  1. more than ten but less than twenty

Ancestry of “toistakymmentä”, step by step

toistakymmentä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish toinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoinensecond; other, another; the others, other ones
2Proto-Finnictoinensecond; other
3Proto-Finnictoothat over there, yonder distal?
4Proto-Uralictothat

via Finnish kymmen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkymmenten; decade
2Proto-Finnickümmenten; decade, group of ten
Every word from Proto-Uralic to →Every word from Proto-Finnic too →Every word from Proto-Finnic toinen →