Where does “nelisakarainen” come from?

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

nelisakarainen (Finnish): four-pointed of a star shape, etc

Definitions

  1. four-pointed of a star shape, etc

Ancestry of “nelisakarainen”, 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