Where does “neliöhila” come from?

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

neliöhila (Finnish): square lattice

Definitions

  1. square lattice

Ancestry of “neliöhila”, step by step

neliöhila traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish neliö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishneliösquare; four-room apartment; Short for neliömetri
2Finnishneljäfour
3Proto-Finnicneljäfour
4Proto-Uralicneljäfour

via Finnish hila

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhilawicket, gate; grate, grating; lattice
Every word from Proto-Uralic neljä