Where does “neliraajainen” come from?

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

neliraajainen (Finnish): tetrapod having four limbs

Definitions

  1. tetrapod having four limbs

Ancestry of “neliraajainen”, step by step

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