Where does “neliniitinen” come from?

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

neliniitinen (Finnish): with four shafts

Definitions

  1. with four shafts

Ancestry of “neliniitinen”, 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 →