Where does “neliviivainen” come from?

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

neliviivainen (Finnish): four-line

Definitions

  1. four-line

Ancestry of “neliviivainen”, step by step

neliviivainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish neli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishneliA four-beat gait, the gallop
2Finnishneljäfour
3Proto-Finnicneljäfour
4Proto-Uralicneljäfour

via Finnish viiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviivaline; dash, hyphen; bar
2Finnishvije-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic neljä →Every word from Proto-Finnic neljä →Every word from Finnish neljä →