Where does “yhdeksännes” come from?

yhdeksännes (Finnish) comes from Finnish yhdeksäs, from Proto-Finnic ükteksäc, from Proto-Finnic ükteksä, from Proto-Finnic ükci, from Proto-Uralic ükte — one.

yhdeksännes (Finnish): One ninth

Definitions

  1. One ninth

Ancestry of “yhdeksännes”, step by step

yhdeksännes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yhdeksäs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyhdeksäsninth
2Proto-Finnicükteksäcninth
3Proto-Finnicükteksänine
4Proto-Finnicükcione
5Proto-Uralicükteone

via Finnish s

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsthe letter s
Every word from Proto-Uralic ükteEvery word from Proto-Finnic ükciEvery word from Proto-Finnic ükteksä
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