Where does “viimekätinen” come from?

viimekätinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish -kätinen, from Finnish käsi, from Finnish kahdeksan, from Proto-Finnic kakteksa, from Proto-Finnic kakci, from Proto-Uralic *kakta.

Ancestry of “viimekätinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-kätinen-handed
2Finnishkäsihand; arm
3Finnishkahdeksaneight
4Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
5Proto-Finnickakcitwo
6Proto-Uralic*kakta
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kaktaEvery word from Proto-Finnic kakciEvery word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa
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