Where does “viitisentoista” come from?

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

viitisentoista (Finnish): around fifteen

Definitions

  1. around fifteen

Ancestry of “viitisentoista”, step by step

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