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Where does “kolm” come from?

kolm (Estonian) comes from Finnish kolmi, from Proto-Uralic *kolme.

kolm (Estonian): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “kolm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkolmitri-
2Proto-Uralic*kolme—

Words derived from “kolm”

  • kolmnurk
  • kolmainsus
  • kolmik
  • kolmnurkne
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