Where does “monikkous” come from?

monikkous (Finnish) comes from Finnish monikko, from Finnish -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -i- — Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive).

monikkous (Finnish): pluralness, plurality

Definitions

  1. pluralness, plurality

Ancestry of “monikkous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmonikkoplural; tuple
2Finnish-ikkoForms nouns for groups of a particular number,...
3Proto-Finnic-ikkoForms nouns indicating a group of things
4Proto-Finnic-i-Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive)
Every word from Proto-Finnic -i- →Every word from Finnish -ikko →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ikko →