Where does “viidestään” come from?

viidestään (Finnish) comes from Finnish viisi, from Proto-Finnic viici, from Proto-Uralic witte — five; ten.

viidestään (Finnish): with (exactly) five people (doing something together)

Definitions

  1. with (exactly) five people (doing something together)

Ancestry of “viidestään”, step by step

viidestään traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viisi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviisifive
2Proto-Finnicviicifive
3Proto-Uralicwittefive; ten

via Finnish staan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishstaan—
Every word from Proto-Uralic witte →Every word from Proto-Finnic viici →Every word from Finnish viisi →