Where does “kahesa” come from?

kahesa (Veps) comes from Proto-Finnic kakteksa, from Proto-Finnic kakci, from Proto-Uralic *kakta.

kahesa (Veps): eight

Definitions

  1. eight

Ancestry of “kahesa”, step by step

kahesa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Finnic kakteksa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
2Proto-Finnickakcitwo
3Proto-Uralic*kakta—

via Unami kahès

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Unamikahèsmother
2Proto-Algonquian*kya—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →
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