Where does “kaheksan” come from?

kaheksan (Karelian) comes from Proto-Finnic kakteksa, from Proto-Finnic kakci, from Proto-Uralic *kakta.

kaheksan (Karelian): eight

Definitions

  1. eight

Ancestry of “kaheksan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
2Proto-Finnickakcitwo
3Proto-Uralic*kakta—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →