Where does “nelikulmio” come from?

nelikulmio (Finnish) comes from Finnish -kulmio, from Finnish -io, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

nelikulmio (Finnish): quadrilateral, quadrangle polygon with four corners (and thus also four sides)

Definitions

  1. quadrilateral, quadrangle polygon with four corners (and thus also four sides)

Ancestry of “nelikulmio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-kulmio-gon
2Finnish-ioForms nouns from verbs or verbal stems; Forms...
3Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
5Proto-Uralic-w

Words derived from “nelikulmio

Every word from Proto-Uralic -wEvery word from Finnish -oEvery word from Proto-Finnic -o