Where does “kolmijono” come from?

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

kolmijono (Finnish): triple file, triple line

Definitions

  1. triple file, triple line

Ancestry of “kolmijono”, step by step

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