Where does “viisikymmenvuotias” come from?

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

viisikymmenvuotias (Finnish): fifty-year-old

Definitions

  1. fifty-year-old

Ancestry of “viisikymmenvuotias”, step by step

viisikymmenvuotias traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viisi

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

via Finnish kymmen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkymmenten; decade
2Proto-Finnickümmenten; decade, group of ten
Every word from Proto-Uralic witte →Every word from Proto-Finnic viici →Every word from Finnish viisi →
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