Where does “neliöidä” come from?

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

neliöidä (Finnish): to square

Definitions

  1. to square

Ancestry of “neliöidä”, step by step

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

Words derived from “neliöidä

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