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Where does “kolmnurkne” come from?

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

kolmnurkne (Estonian): triangular

Definitions

  1. triangular

Ancestry of “kolmnurkne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankolmnurktriangle
2Estoniankolmthree
3Finnishkolmitri-
4Proto-Uralic*kolme—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kolme →