Where does “viideskymmenes” come from?

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

viideskymmenes (Finnish): fiftieth

Definitions

  1. fiftieth

Ancestry of “viideskymmenes”, step by step

viideskymmenes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viides

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

via Finnish kymmenes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkymmenestenth
2Proto-Finnickümmenectenth
3Proto-Finnickümmenten; decade, group of ten

Words derived from “viideskymmenes”

Every word from Proto-Uralic witte →Every word from Proto-Finnic viici →Every word from Proto-Finnic viidenci →