Where does “nelihenkinen” come from?

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

nelihenkinen (Finnish): of four consisting of four people

Definitions

  1. of four consisting of four people

Ancestry of “nelihenkinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishneli-four, four-, tetra-, quadri-
2Finnishneljäfour
3Proto-Finnicneljäfour
4Proto-Uralicneljäfour
Every word from Proto-Uralic neljä →Every word from Proto-Finnic neljä →Every word from Finnish neljä →