Where does “viideskymmeneskahdeksas” come from?

viideskymmeneskahdeksas (Finnish) comes from Finnish kahdeksas, from Proto-Finnic kakteksac, from Proto-Finnic kakteksa, from Proto-Finnic kakci, from Proto-Uralic *kakta.

viideskymmeneskahdeksas (Finnish): fifty-eighth

Definitions

  1. fifty-eighth

Ancestry of “viideskymmeneskahdeksas”, step by step

viideskymmeneskahdeksas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kahdeksas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkahdeksaseighth
2Proto-Finnickakteksaceighth
3Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
4Proto-Finnickakcitwo
5Proto-Uralic*kakta—

via Finnish viideskymmenes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviideskymmenesfiftieth
2Finnishviidesfifth
3Proto-Finnicviidencififth
4Proto-Finnicviicifive
5Proto-Uralicwittefive; ten
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →
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