Where does “kolmijalkainen” come from?

kolmijalkainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kolmi-, from Finnish kolme, from Finnish kolmi, from Proto-Uralic *kolme.

kolmijalkainen (Finnish): tripodal, three-legged

Definitions

  1. tripodal, three-legged

Ancestry of “kolmijalkainen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkolmi-tri-, three-, triple
2Finnishkolmethree
3Finnishkolmitri-
4Proto-Uralic*kolme—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kolme →Every word from Finnish kolmi →Every word from Finnish kolmi- →