Where does “neli” come from?

neli (Finnish) comes from Finnish neljä, from Proto-Finnic neljä, from Proto-Uralic neljä — four.

neli (Finnish): A four-beat gait, the gallop

Definitions

  1. A four-beat gait, the gallop

Ancestry of “neli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishneljäfour
2Proto-Finnicneljäfour
3Proto-Uralicneljäfour

Words derived from “neli”

Every word from Proto-Uralic neljä →Every word from Proto-Finnic neljä →Every word from Finnish neljä →