Where does “neliöinti” come from?

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

neliöinti (Finnish): squaring

Definitions

  1. squaring

Ancestry of “neliöinti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishneliöidäto square
2Finnishneliösquare; four-room apartment; Short for neliömetri
3Finnishneljäfour
4Proto-Finnicneljäfour
5Proto-Uralicneljäfour
Every word from Proto-Uralic neljä →Every word from Proto-Finnic neljä →Every word from Finnish neljä →
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