Where does “kūžkimdõ” come from?

kūžkimdõ (Livonian) comes from Livonian kūž, from Proto-Finnic kuuci, from Proto-Uralic kutte — ridge; six.

kūžkimdõ (Livonian): sixty

Definitions

  1. sixty

Ancestry of “kūžkimdõ”, step by step

kūžkimdõ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Livonian kūž

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livoniankūžsix
2Proto-Finnickuucisix
3Proto-Uralickutteridge; six

via Livonian kimdõ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livoniankimdõten, tens, -ty, -ties
2Proto-Finnickümmenten; decade, group of ten
Every word from Proto-Uralic kutteEvery word from Proto-Finnic kuuciEvery word from Livonian kūž