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Where does “nelikymppinen” come from?

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

nelikymppinen (Finnish): fortysomething, in his/her forties;...

Definitions

  1. fortysomething, in his/her forties;...

Ancestry of “nelikymppinen”, step by step

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