Where does “viitisenkymmentä” come from?

viitisenkymmentä (Finnish) comes from Finnish viitisen, from Finnish -isen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

viitisenkymmentä (Finnish): about fifty

Definitions

  1. about fifty

Ancestry of “viitisenkymmentä”, step by step

viitisenkymmentä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viitisen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviitisenabout five
2Finnish-isenforms adverbs from numerals to represent an...
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish kymmen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkymmenten; decade
2Proto-Finnickümmenten; decade, group of ten
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →