Where does “vuosikymmen” come from?
vuosikymmen (Finnish) comes from Finnish vuosi, from Proto-Finnic vooci, from Proto-Finnic oote, from Proto-Uralic ëde — year.
vuosikymmen (Finnish): decade, ten years
Ancestry of “vuosikymmen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vuosi | year; As modifier in a compound term , annual,... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | vooci | year |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | oote | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | ëde | year |