Where does “yksistään” come from?

yksistään (Finnish) comes from Finnish yksi, from Proto-Finnic ükci, from Proto-Uralic ükte — one.

yksistään (Finnish): alone solitary; one of many; considered separately

Definitions

  1. alone solitary; one of many; considered separately

Ancestry of “yksistään”, step by step

yksistään traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yksi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyksione
2Proto-Finnicükcione
3Proto-Uralicükteone

via Finnish staan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishstaan—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ükte →Every word from Proto-Finnic ükci →Every word from Finnish yksi →