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Where does “kaksi” come from?
kaksi (Karelian) comes from Proto-Finnic kakci, from Proto-Uralic *kakta.
kaksi
(Karelian): two
Definitions
two
Ancestry of “kaksi”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Finnic
kakci
two
2
Proto-Uralic
*kakta
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Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →
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