Where does “kolmandik” come from?

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

kolmandik (Estonian): third

Definitions

  1. third

Ancestry of “kolmandik”, step by step

kolmandik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian kolm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankolmthree
2Finnishkolmitri-
3Proto-Uralic*kolme—

via Estonian ndik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianndik—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kolme →Every word from Finnish kolmi →Every word from Estonian kolm →