Where does “loendus” come from?
loendus (Estonian) comes from Estonian loendama, from Estonian lugema, from Proto-Finnic lukedak, from Proto-Uralic luke-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
loendus (Estonian): count, act of counting
Ancestry of “loendus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Estonian | loendama | to count |
| 2 | Estonian | lugema | to read; to count, to matter |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | lukedak | to count; to read ? |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | luke- | to count |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
Words derived from “loendus”