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Where does “neli” come from?

neli (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic neljä, from Proto-Uralic neljä — four.

neli (Estonian): four

Definitions

  1. four

Ancestry of “neli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicneljäfour
2Proto-Uralicneljäfour

Words derived from “neli”

  • nelik
Every word from Proto-Uralic neljä →