Where does “viidennes” come from?

viidennes (Finnish) comes from Finnish viides, from Proto-Finnic viidenci, from Proto-Finnic viici, from Proto-Uralic witte — five; ten.

viidennes (Finnish): fifth

Definitions

  1. fifth

Ancestry of “viidennes”, step by step

viidennes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viides

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviidesfifth
2Proto-Finnicviidencififth
3Proto-Finnicviicifive
4Proto-Uralicwittefive; ten

via Finnish s

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsthe letter s
Every word from Proto-Uralic witte →Every word from Proto-Finnic viici →Every word from Proto-Finnic viidenci →