Where does “nelivaljakko” come from?

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

nelivaljakko (Finnish): team of four horses; quadriga

Definitions

  1. team of four horses; quadriga

Ancestry of “nelivaljakko”, 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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