Where does “monikymmenvuotinen” come from?

monikymmenvuotinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish moni, from Proto-Finnic moni, from Proto-Finno-Permic mone.

monikymmenvuotinen (Finnish): many dozens of years (old), (of) many dozens of years

Definitions

  1. many dozens of years (old), (of) many dozens of years

Ancestry of “monikymmenvuotinen”, step by step

monikymmenvuotinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish moni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmonimany; few, quite a few; many people, many
2Proto-Finnicmonimany
3Proto-Finno-Permicmone—

via Finnish kymmen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkymmenten; decade
2Proto-Finnickümmenten; decade, group of ten
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic mone →Every word from Proto-Finnic moni →Every word from Finnish moni →