Where does “neli-” come from?

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

neli- (Finnish): four, four-, tetra-, quadri-

Definitions

  1. four, four-, tetra-, quadri-

Ancestry of “neli-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishneljäfour
2Proto-Finnicneljäfour
3Proto-Uralicneljäfour

Words derived from “neli-

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