Where does “viitisensataa” come from?

viitisensataa (Finnish) comes from Finnish sata, from Proto-Finnic sata, from Proto-Uralic śata, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ćata, from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ — ten.

viitisensataa (Finnish): around five hundred

Definitions

  1. around five hundred

Ancestry of “viitisensataa”, step by step

viitisensataa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsataAPI; A/one hundred
2Proto-Finnicsatahundred
3Proto-Uralicśatahundred
4Proto-Indo-Iranianćata—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱm̥tómhundred
6Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥ten

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ćata →
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