Where does “yhdeksisenkymmentä” come from?

yhdeksisenkymmentä (Finnish) comes from Finnish yhdeksisen, from Finnish -isen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

yhdeksisenkymmentä (Finnish): about ninety

Definitions

  1. about ninety

Ancestry of “yhdeksisenkymmentä”, step by step

yhdeksisenkymmentä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yhdeksisen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyhdeksisenabout nine
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

via Finnish kymmen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkymmenten; decade
2Proto-Finnickümmenten; decade, group of ten
Every word from Proto-Finnic -ucEvery word from Finnish -inenEvery word from Finnish -uus