Where does “nelikymmenluku” come from?

nelikymmenluku (Finnish) comes from Finnish kymmenluku, from Finnish luku, from Proto-Finnic luku, from Proto-Finnic lukedak, from Proto-Uralic luke-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

nelikymmenluku (Finnish): the forties, 1940s

Definitions

  1. the forties, 1940s

Ancestry of “nelikymmenluku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkymmenlukuten; decade
2Finnishlukunumber, count, quantity; chapter; reading
3Proto-Finniclukunumber, quantity
4Proto-Finniclukedakto count; to read ?
5Proto-Uralicluke-to count
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- →Every word from Proto-Uralic luke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic lukedak →