Where does “yhdeksäskymmenes” come from?

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

yhdeksäskymmenes (Finnish): ninetieth

Definitions

  1. ninetieth

Ancestry of “yhdeksäskymmenes”, step by step

yhdeksäskymmenes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yhdeksäs

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

via Finnish kymmenes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkymmenestenth
2Proto-Finnickümmenectenth
3Proto-Finnickümmenten; decade, group of ten

Words derived from “yhdeksäskymmenes”

Every word from Proto-Uralic ükte →Every word from Proto-Finnic ükci →Every word from Proto-Finnic ükteksä →