Where does “nelistys” come from?
nelistys (Finnish) comes from Finnish nelistää, from Finnish neli, from Finnish neljä, from Proto-Finnic neljä, from Proto-Uralic neljä — four.
nelistys (Finnish): A four-beat gait, the gallop
Definitions
- A four-beat gait, the gallop
Ancestry of “nelistys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nelistää | To gallop |
| 2 | Finnish | neli | A four-beat gait, the gallop |
| 3 | Finnish | neljä | four |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | neljä | four |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | neljä | four |