Where does “kolmihaarainen” come from?
kolmihaarainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kolmi-, from Finnish kolme, from Finnish kolmi, from Proto-Uralic *kolme.
kolmihaarainen (Finnish): three-branched
Ancestry of “kolmihaarainen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kolmi- | tri-, three-, triple |
| 2 | Finnish | kolme | three |
| 3 | Finnish | kolmi | tri- |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | *kolme | — |