Where does “kolmospesä” come from?

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

kolmospesä (Finnish): third base

Definitions

  1. third base

Ancestry of “kolmospesä”, step by step

kolmospesä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kolmonen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkolmonenthree; third gear; trey
2Finnishkolmethree
3Finnishkolmitri-
4Proto-Uralic*kolme—

via Finnish pesä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpesänest; den; hive
2Proto-Finnicpesänest
3Proto-Uralicpesänest
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kolme →Every word from Finnish kolmi →Every word from Finnish kolme →