Where does “nelistäminen” come from?

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

Ancestry of “nelistäminen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishnelistääTo gallop
2FinnishneliA four-beat gait, the gallop
3Finnishneljäfour
4Proto-Finnicneljäfour
5Proto-Uralicneljäfour
Every word from Proto-Uralic neljä →Every word from Proto-Finnic neljä →Every word from Finnish neljä →