Where does “vihdas” come from?

vihdas (Finnish) comes from Finnish vihta, from Proto-Samic vittë, from Proto-Uralic witte — five; ten.

Ancestry of “vihdas”, step by step

vihdas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vihta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishvihtaA kind of whip made of birch twigs and used in...
2Proto-Samicvittëfive
3Proto-Uralicwittefive; ten

via Finnish s

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsthe letter s
Every word from Proto-Uralic witte →Every word from Proto-Samic vittë →Every word from Finnish vihta →