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
Ancestry of “nelikymmenluku”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | kymmenluku | ten; decade |
| 2 | Finnish | luku | number, count, quantity; chapter; reading |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | luku | — |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | lukedak | to count; to read ? |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | luke- | to count |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |