Where does “yheksäs” come from?

yheksäs (Livvi) comes from Proto-Finnic ükteksäc, from Proto-Finnic ükteksä, from Proto-Finnic ükci, from Proto-Uralic ükte — one.

yheksäs (Livvi): ninth

Definitions

  1. ninth

Ancestry of “yheksäs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicükteksäcninth
2Proto-Finnicükteksänine
3Proto-Finnicükcione
4Proto-Uralicükteone
Every word from Proto-Uralic ükte →Every word from Proto-Finnic ükci →Every word from Proto-Finnic ükteksä →
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