Where does “viidestoistaosa” come from?

viidestoistaosa (Finnish) comes from Finnish viidestoista, from Finnish -toista, from Finnish toista, from Finnish toinen, from Proto-Finnic toinen, from Proto-Finnic too, from Proto-Uralic to — that.

viidestoistaosa (Finnish): fifteenth one of fifteen equal parts of a whole

Definitions

  1. fifteenth one of fifteen equal parts of a whole

Ancestry of “viidestoistaosa”, step by step

viidestoistaosa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viidestoista

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviidestoistafifteenth
2Finnish-toistateen suffix which in Finnish forms the numbers 11 to 19
3FinnishtoistaPartitive singular form of toinen; Indicative...
4Finnishtoinensecond; other, another; the others, other ones
5Proto-Finnictoinensecond; other
6Proto-Finnictoothat over there, yonder distal?
7Proto-Uralictothat

via Finnish osa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishosapart; piece; proportion, section
2Proto-Finnicosapart
3Proto-Uraliconćapart, share (of meat?)
Every word from Proto-Uralic toEvery word from Proto-Finnic tooEvery word from Proto-Finnic toinen