Where does “kolmainsus” come from?
kolmainsus (Estonian) comes from Estonian kolm, from Finnish kolmi, from Proto-Uralic *kolme.
kolmainsus (Estonian): Trinity
Ancestry of “kolmainsus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Estonian | kolm | three |
| 2 | Finnish | kolmi | tri- |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | *kolme | — |