Where does “haamuneliö” come from?

haamuneliö (Finnish) comes from Finnish neliö, from Finnish neljä, from Proto-Finnic neljä, from Proto-Uralic neljä — four.

haamuneliö (Finnish): A square meter of the living space of an...

Definitions

  1. A square meter of the living space of an...

Ancestry of “haamuneliö”, step by step

haamuneliö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish neliö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishneliösquare; four-room apartment; Short for neliömetri
2Finnishneljäfour
3Proto-Finnicneljäfour
4Proto-Uralicneljäfour

via Finnish haamu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaamughost, spirit; shadow
2Proto-Finnichaama—
3Proto-Finno-Permicšamɜ—
Every word from Proto-Uralic neljä →Every word from Proto-Finnic neljä →Every word from Finnish neljä →